March 2015 - The Diary

Having completed filming on low-budget Feature 'WIGILIA' (See photo below from the set)..

I had a lively start to the month with the release of the much anticipated short film 'DON ALFONSO CHADWICK' which we shot back in November and December.

Really pleased with the results of this student flick, directed by the very talented Jack Willison, which you can view here:
Don Alfonso Chadwick Also really enjoyed working with rising star Mark Barrett and we teamed-up again this month filming the feature film 'CLEEK' in and around Paisley. Night shoots, car and fight scenes and  all shot on location, this is a cracking low-budget picture and I'm currently having a ball playing aged Lothario Sam with another committed and talented young crew and directed by Gary Hewitt.

In between shoots I was back at Radio Clyde for more voice-over commercials and then back on set of 'CLEEK' which these photos are from, courtesy of Brian McGuire and Sonja Bliestschau. Great to work with fight director Carter Ferguson again, our 10th collaboration on productions since Aladdin in 2001!

March also saw me land some more corporate work with Peter Vardy on a corporate video, followed by ongoing work with Captain Morgan Rum and the announcement that 'LETTERS TO ABERLOUR' will be at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, which I am looking forward to immensely.

And here's a final photo from March from our corporate shoot in Glasgow and Renfrew with Peter Vardy...one to 'haunt your dreams' as Stewart McCheyne described it! You can guess what the out-takes were like...Enjoy!

February 2015 - The Diary

Another busy month of film and voice work and a flying start to the year. February saw me back at Radio Clyde to record four more radio commercials, an example of which you can listen to here: Scottish commercial radio This month I recorded ads for Glasgow Taxis, Solway Spa and Anderson Maguire and have now started building my own voice-over studio at home.

Then it was onto another Feature Film and a lovely ten minute completely improvised scene in Graham Drysdale's 'WIGILIA', shot in Glasgow with a lovely & talented crew and nice to be back working with Grant McPhee, who I last worked with on 'A SPANKING IN PARADISE'. Really interesting and enjoyable experience on this project and looking forward to seeing the finished product later this year. I was then delighted to be asked to play corrupt businessman Alistair in Duncan Airlie James' new  action short film, FANATIC and once again a great cast and crew and old faces from previous projects.

The rest of my time is spent on a writing project and hitting the gym and tons of running in order to really get in shape for 2015. We had the first readthrough for the Feature Film CLEEK in February and again great fun catching up with old pals on that one. Going to be a tough but interesting shoot soon! The photos on this page are all courtesy of Chris Quick from Gilnockie Films & Projects Productions.

January 2015 - The Diary

Off to a bright start to the New Year with a really enjoyable Forum Theatre corporate gig at the wonderful Perth Concert Hall, packed for the Peter Vardy annual conference, followed by a return to voiceover work at my favourite station Radio Clyde.

Then a wee jaunt to London to meet up with my lovely agent and also my old KIDNAPPED pal Stewart McCheyne before another voiceover in Glasgow. I also caught up with my CASE HISTORIES co-star Brian McCardie on his birthday. A great month and some exciting opportunities ahead in 2015!

SAMS PREQUEL Promo for CLEEK Feature Film 2015

Get Shirty - My Directorial debut!

December 2014 - The Diary

More auditions, followed by the final Edinburgh dates of 'LETTERS TO ABERLOUR' at St John's in Princes Street during the Just Festival. The shows were followed by guest speakers and audience discussions which were fascinating and an honour to take part in.

It is looking likely that we will be touring this wonderful show again in 2015 so watch this space!

Between shows I shot a promo short film for a feature film I am involved with in early 2015. Another lovely crew of young filmmakers and an exciting project to look forward to next year.

And so endeth a rather successful year ! 2 fab tours of the UK and Scotland with KIDNAPPED and LETTERS TO ABERLOUR and a huge thanks to the creatives, crew and casts of both shows, as well as a 'Best Acting' award for THE LAST BAR. Here's hoping 2015 continues in a similar vein.

November 2014 - The Diary

Rehearsals began in earnest for 'Letters To Aberlour' at the lovely village of Coldingham., with our first night preview at the village hall. A fantastic start and we moved to Carlops Village Hall and another lovely audience and tight show. Then it was a long drive north to play Garmouth & Kingston village hall and an emotional return to St Margaret's Church in Aberlour itself, followed by the rededication of the WW1 memorial on the same weekend.

We completed our northern tour in Portgordon, before playing another of my 'bucket list of theatres', the wonderful Glasgow Panoptican, where Stan Laurel made his debut! We rounded off this part of the tour with a great show in Ednam village hall followed by a couple of local school visits in costume which went down well with the children.

Next up was a brilliant wee short film by Jack Willison, 'Don Alfonso Chadwick', in which I play another malevolent character. Great cast and young crew and look forward to seeing the results.