May 2025 - The Diary

 Drove down to a sunny Corby for the next leg of our BILLY & TIM tour and two nights at The Core Theatre. Another brilliant venue and another great audience on both nights. Again both shows were great and went down a storm with the largely ex-pat audience! Back to Scotland for another job with the Medical School at Glasgow University and then back to the tour and drive to Cairnryan and the ferry

to Belfast for the next leg of the Billy & Tim tour. Our accommodation was in a lovely farmhouse in Portadown and we travelled to Derry for the first gig I've done in Northern Ireland for years. Great to be back and another full house and a standing ovation, which was lovely. I then took the opportunity to

visit my Boylan ancestors village of Mullabrack in County Armagh, where my g-g-grandparents were married in 1865, before migrating to Greenock a few years later. Their son, Patrick went on to play football for Arsenal and Morton FC and guested for Blackburn Rovers in a fine career. 

The following day we moved to Armagh itself and again a lovely venue, and a great audience at The Market Place Theatre. Delighted to report that the show was a huge success here and been a brilliant experience being a part of this fab show after all of these years.

The audience feedback was great and the show much improved with the addition of lighting and sound effects we have added of late. Scott and I collaborated well on this project and there are more changes to come! It is amazing that this show continues to fill theatres across the United Kingdom and delighted

to be involved and proud of the fact it was the first show I ever produced back in 2005. We first performed SINGIN I'M NO A BILLY, HE'S A TIM at the Pearce Institute in Govan on the 12th of July 2005 and then toured Scotland and Northern Ireland, The Edinburgh Fringe and took it to The Glasgow comedy Festival,

The Merchant City Festival and The Cathedral Quarter Festival, Belfast and toured schools up and down the country and provided anti-sectarianism workshops, funded by The Scottish Executive and Sense Over Sectarianism. The original cast were Gordon Brown, Andy Cameron & myself. And it is still touring!

On arrival back in Glasgow we headed to Firhill Stadium to record new dialogue for the show with football presenters Rob McLean and David Tanner, alongside former players Charlie Miller & Simon Donnelly and this went in to the show this month. Back into rehearsals for the next show and another

opportunity to play Ronnie this time at the famous Glasgow Pavilion Theatre, as a part of SINGIN SHE'S NO A BILLIE, SHE'S A TIM, with an all-female cast, joined by the commentary team and Hawaii 50, and we are all pictured above in rehearsals at Vivace Theatre School. Lovely working with my former HIGH

ROAD co-star Rachel Ogilvy once again too! Having never actaully performed at The Pavilion, this was another wee box ticked for me as I opened the show in a quick wee scene we added this month and another full house who loved the show. Huge congratulations to the cast who learned the changes and

were all brilliant. It was the first show to unite all 3 versions of Billy & Tim, with The Legends cast joining the ladies cast and The Young Offenders cast as well. A great night and a big success. Below is the new show poster featuring all three different casts. Then back to another series of roleplays with both

Glasgow Dental School and City Building in Glasgow, another couple of successful castings and more film work now booked in to the diary for November. I also turned 52 this month and had a great time with the family at Ronzo in Broomhill, below pic! Also this month our wee short film HERE COMES THE

NUN was screened at Cannes 2025 and was well received. Congratulations to the cast and crew who headed to France for a fun time. Richly deserved. And thus my time in BILLY & TIM has come to an end but really pleased to have been back involved. The show will head to Edinburgh for the Fringe 2025

and will no doubt be still touring for the next 20 years! An excellent month of good work, great fun and lots of opportunities opening up for the remainder of 2025. Thank you to Scott Kyle, James Miller and Colin Little for making me feel so welcome back into the show. Much appreciated.

April 2025 - The Diary

 Back into lots of roleplay work in April, kicking off with two days at Glasgow University, followed by The Wheatley Group, then back into rehearsals for the play I have been asked to step into for the next 2 months. Delighted to reveal that I am again playing Tim in Des Dillon's brilliant SINGIN I'M NO A BILLY, HE'S A TIM for the English and Irish dates and joined their year long tour in Yarm for my first 

show in this revamped version of the show, now in it's 20th year! Honoured to be asked back to the show that launched my producing career, in which we toured with my company Dapper Productions from 2005 - 2007. The show was a great success in this fab intimate little venue, with a fantastic audience and great

audience feedback. Then back to The Barras and lovely to welcome my old pal Stephen McCole to Zico and reunite the cast of THE GRANTON STAR CAUSE from 1996! Here he is pictured above with his new Granton T-shirt! Then in another surprise gig, I stepped in to play Ronnie The Turnkey in BILLY & TIM : THE LEGENDS show at Ingliston Country Club in a wee scene I had written and featuring former Old Firm legends Simon Donnelly & Charlie Miller. Again, another great, fun show and the start of a 

much larger version of the play which will tour in the future. The players then had a Q&A and an auction after the show which went down well with the packed audience in this beautiful venue. Here we all are pictured below after the show! Back to rehearsals and a couple of Scottish indie film auditions, both of which I was offered. More of those later in the year! 

Thanks to my fellow trader Cheryl at The Barras I got tickets to watch The Glasgow Warriors at the Scotstoun Stadium and was joined by my Billy & Tim co-star Scott Kyle for a great night's rugby. We are pictured below at full-time. Great fun! Then back to more roleplay work and auditions and more re-writes

and rehearsals for the next round of shows in England next month. Back in the van and now off on tour once again! An excellent month and delighted to be back on stage again and to be working with Scott again, the first time since we did Irvine Welsh's PORNO 2 years ago in Edinburgh! And finally our

multi award-winning short film HERE COMES THE NUN will be screened in May at The Cannes Film Festival! Sadly I will be on tour and unable to attend but delighted for the team and director Jack Willison.

We are already planning our next collaboration in late summer and looking forward to it already! Some great performances in this film and am so happy it has garnered so many awards and been screened in America and now travelling to the South of France. 

March 2025 - The Diary

 Thankfully another busy month, despite another raft of unsuccessful audition! Really happy with the opportunities that are coming my way of late and booked lots of corporate work again this month. Back to Glasgow University again for the next round of roleplays and OSCE exams which were great fun before going into rehearsals for a Feature Film. Then a long drive to London and back to shoot the vertical

crime drama BLUE SEASON at these fab film studios pictured above in Whitechapel, East London. Another lovely wee part in this and a great bunch of talented people working on this one, in which I have                                                   

a lovely cameo scene. Directed by Zen Nguyen and produced by Featherstone Pictures, this will be released later this year and was a joy to work on. The feature PSYCHO SEX DOLLS was released this month on VOD and will be rolled out across other pltforms in the months ahead, including Amazon

Prime. We are in pre-production at the moment for the sequel, set and shooting in London this year. Back to Glasgow to record LIFE WITH BRIAN podcast with former Celtic & Man Utd star Brian McClair and a great, fun chat about my career and football, of course! You can listen back to our interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUuyfIEyMdo Huge thanks to Brian and the guys for having

me on, twas great fun indeed. More good news this month, with HERE COMES THE NUN screening at Filmapalooza and winning the Grand Champion Award for Best Film 2025! Delighted for all involved and the film now travels to the Cannes  Film Festival. 

Back on set to shoot another indie feature film, THE CARD MECHANIC, written and directed by Paul Di Stefano and produced by Le Frank Films. We shot my scenes in a fab location, the old Ropeworks building in Gourock. A great shoot with a talented cast and crew and lovely to team up with Michael

Cooke again on this film. The feature will be out next year. Another good month and booked in more film work and more corporate gigs for next month. Here are a couple of photographs below from THE CARD

MECHANIC, courtesy of Le Frank Films. A joy to play another nasty character and some fab actors to work with on this one! Rounded off March with more roleplay work with Coloplast UK in Glasgow 

followed by more at Glasgow University. Also commenced rehearsals for a play which is touring at the moment and great to be back in the rehearsal room again. More will be revealed in the coming weeks

so please check back for the latest updates. Photo above with Steve North who also worked on THE FOOTBALL FACTORY and co-wrote SW9, who I last met in Brixton many years ago at the WRAP Party for that film. Great actor and fun to work with.

February 2025 - The Diary

 Into February with a return to the Victorian crime drama A TRUE MISMATCH for Amazon Prime. This was my 3rd episode and the final chapter of this wonderful show and great to be back in Officer Muir's fantastic costume, and to be working again with really talented team. We shot scenes at The Sma' Shot

 in Paisley, before moving to the Old Town Jail in Stirling for more moody and oppressive scenes in this amazing location. Really enjoyed this job and working with lots of old friends on each episode. It has 

been an absolute blast and proud of the production team who have created this world on a shoestring budget. You can check out the first three episodes now on Amazon Prime. Photos here are courtesy of

our brilliant costume designer Matthew Crawford Russell. We have one more day's filming later in the year and Episode 4 will be out next year. Sadly I could not make it to the premiere of MOM TANE NAI SAMJAY but great to see it finally released in cinemas across India this month. 

Another really fun project and a great experience playing Robert James, Mayor Of London with a great cast and crew, pictured below. Back to a busy month at our wee fashion store in Glasgow and delighted

with this photo taken by Mark Coles on a cold February afternoon outside our shop Zico below! And speaking of Zico, we released my first piece of official merchandise, teaming up with the brilliant 

Socra-Tees Tshirts to launch this homage to The Acid House film, in which I played 'Tambo' and which has gone down really well with fans of the film this month. Look out for future releases from my old back 

catalogue! This shirt is based on the football strip worn by me in The Granton Star Cause, the first part of Irvine Welsh's THE ACID HOUSE trilogy and Irvine was kind enough to give us his blessing to produce

this iconic cult film jersey. Available to buy from Zico in Moncur Street or via our socials @ZicoGlasgow. Also pooped by the Kelvin ABC boxing club this month and great catching up with David Cardwell and 

great to be back in a boxing gym again. Then back on set and a great fun shoot with the Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland on SUPER SPLIT. I play the malevolent lawyer David Dean in this fab short film, pictured below and had a ball working on this one. Huge thanks to my lovely agent Nancy Hudson

for this one. A great laugh and a really good wee film to do. Directed by Sam Loaiza. Then down to Dumfries and an excellent roleplay day with The Wheatley Group before returning to Glasgow and a

photo shoot and rehearsals for a play. More of that to come! Rounded off this month with more exciting auditions and booked another feature film role, shooting next month in Port Glasgow. Also honoured

this month to be awarded Best Actor at the London Director Awards for the excellent short film TRACE, Directed by Jack Murphy and out doing the rounds of festivals at the moment. A 4th Best Actor award for me which is always a nice validation of your work and is always much appreciated. And thanks to the

Barras Market for this promo video shot this month at our shop in the world famous market in the East End of Glasgow. An excellent month and really exciting projects still to come in the next 3 months.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more announcements next month as I head back out on the road!

January 2025 - The Diary

 Having only had a couple of days off, with The Barras Market shop busy and lots of concessions now open for Zico Fashion Boutique, it was quickly back into roleplay work with both The Wheatley Group and Glasgow University this month and 2025 picked up much as 2024 had ended! No rest for the wicked, eh? We had former Manchester United and Celtic striker Brian McClair back at my fashion store ZICO and our photo made national press in The Sun, The Evening Times and Glasgow Live and others below.

Then back to Edinburgh for another WHEATLEY roleplay and more at The University Of Glasgow for the Medical School. Then followed a whole raft of (unsuccessful!) auditions however am delighted with the opportunities I have been given by my fab agent Nancy Hudson Associates already this month. Booked another couple of film jobs for 2025 and already shaping up to be another really busy year ahead.

Finally this month I landed a voice-over ADR role for the brilliant short film CHILD'S FARE as a Bus Driver. This film is Directed by Kirsty McLean as part of the 2023 Sharp Shorts program. Delighted to be a part of it and a first credit to kick off this new year.

December 2024 - The Diary

 December began with more fab roleplay work in Glasgow and on Zoom with The Wheatley Group, followed soon after by a short documentary film entitled JOHN CAMPBELL SLOAN, Directed by David Burns, who I had last worked with on RHINOMAN. We shot this atmospheric and intriguing film at

another fascinating venue, the Glasgow Spiritualist Church with a lovely cast and crew, photos here are courtesy of David Burns. Another really enjoyable day's work! This was followed by costume fittings at

Mensch Clothing in Duke Street for another television pilot I was offered at the end of last month and

will keep you updated on that one when we get shooting underway in 2025, see photo below! Got some excellent costumes from here and thanks to everyone for all your help in pulling out the best vintage gear in Glasgow! Very much looking forward to this pilot episode shoot & getting into this new character!

I then joined my old pal Scott Kyle on the famous 'Subway Crawl' around the Glasgow Underground network for a fun-filled evening with these fellas below, followed by the usual end of year meeting of

The Hellfire Club at Sarti's restaurant in the company of Gavin Mitchell and Irvine & Emma Welsh and a great laugh and catch-up at the end of December in Glasgow. Again thanks to all of the staff who looked after us so well and to the delicious food as ever on offer! And great to see my old pals again of course!

And thus completes another year of my acting adventures and I have enjoyed every last minute of 2024. Thank you for following this wee blog and a very Happy New Year to you all xxx

November 2024 - The Diary

 Into November and more Glasgow University Medical School roleplays followed by a brilliant short film shoot with Dropshack Films for the Aberdeen 48Hour Film Challenge. Love working with this team and our black & white exorcism spoof garnered lots of awards, including Best Film and another Best Actor nomination for yours truly! Also this month, the brilliant trailer to BURIED short film was released &

another excellent film now hitting the festival scene. You can watch the trailer and get more info and BTS shots from the shoot here Buried Short Film and will keep you posted on developments. The new film 

poster is pictured above. Back to roleplay work with the University and more auditions and booked three more gigs for 2025, more of which nearer the time. Finished off the month working on Michael Coooke's latest short fil UP/DOWN as a priest, yet another clerical role this year! Great fu, great cast & crew and

as hinted by this BTS photo above, quite beautifully lit! Really enjoy working with Michael and will do again in the future hopefully. A fine month!