August 2024 - The Diary

 Really pleased to be asked back on to THIS IS ACSOM again in August as a Contributor and to spend time with former Celt Rudi Vata on the eve of his book launch, which we recorded at BAAD in The Barras Market. This was followed by more auditions and a bout of Covid-19 which floored me and

caused filming on the short film to be postponed til next month sadly. Shook it off and back to daily training sessions, including a return to Cathkin Park and an interview for An La (BBC Alba) regarding 

the highly controversial fence that has been put in place around the pitch recently. I also restarted my restoration work on the overgrown terracing as the ground has fallen into real disrepair of late and I

cannot sit back and allow it to continue. I will be focusing on this on the @CathkinPark twitter account if you wish to follow the work there. Another television appearance this month as the ARRAN Commercial was aired regularly on STV, pictured below. Great to see it again and congratulations to all involved.

Then another fun night at Sarti's in Glasgow with a meeting of The Hellfire Club with Gavin Mitchell, Tam Dean Burn and Irvine & Emma Welsh. Great fun, food and company once again, followed the

next evening by an invitation to The Barrowlands opening of Kitty's Bar. Great to catch up with our fellow traders and old pals and thanks to Tom Joyes for the invite. Was lovely catching up with my old pal Billy

Sloan, who hosted the evening and we all had a great time in this fabulous, historic old venue. Back to

film business next and trip down to another impressive location for 4 days work on another blockbuster

Bollywood Feature Film, entitled SON OF SARDAAR 2, the sequel to a huge monster hit movie and mostly shot here in Scotland this summer. Had a good few days in tough weather conditions on this

one as we shot at Hopetoun House and South Queensferry, but again great to get a 10th Bollywood Feature Film under my belt and took part in my first ever Indian dance routine, which was as much

fun as it looks! Another memorable shoot and nice to link up with Perry Costello again on this one. Some great people on this, fab locations (and food again!) and great to be a part of and thanks to Veera at RK Casting for this gig. Just time to fit in a fab photo shoot with the brilliant John Cooper at his Finnieston

studios and am delighted with my new 10x8 headshots (see below). Now, let's put them to good use! A really enjoyable August, despite the Covid, and managed to book a few more jobs this month as well.

So, onwards to September and have a couple if gigs lined up and finally booked a wee holiday to Greece!