I have finished working on Kidnapped with Graham McLaren, a exploratory harness flying show. It has been a rollercoaster of an experience. Not least, the twice daily workouts, warm-ups and stretching sessions, and then somehow creating a high-octane show full of stunts and spectacle. I have more muscle than usual, and far more physicality than I would usually have. It’s …
Took a project to the fringe this week. I was playing Jack, a world war 1 soldier in a musical about women spies. The audience seemed really positive about the work and we got great comments about the story, and the music, even if our reviews weren’t as kind. Having given the show this road test in front of an …
I am in the final few days of rehearsal at Bard In The Botanics for The Merchant of Venice in which I am playing Launcelot Gobbo and Salerio! I’m having a great time working on my first professional production and having my first experience of outdoor theatre. Filling the space is a challenge, it’s massive after all. Not a little theatre …
I’m currently rehearsing for a concert with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In it, I am playing Puck – but with a slightly different twist! It’s been great fun working on the script with Charlotte Dreissler, Laurie Scott, Catherine Barr and Tim Pollack. Jennifer Dick has been directing us, and we’ve been exploring the …
I’ve just finished a run of As You Like It by William Shakespeare, here at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, which went really well. I played Le Beau, Amiens and William, as well as a goat and a sheep. (I’m getting a reputation for playing animals, I know!) It was directed by Peter Collins, designed by Kirstin Rodger and John …
So I’ve just finished A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and had a wonderful time playing Snug the Joiner, who dresses up as a Lion for a little play within the play. This costume was designed and made by the exceptional Kirstin Rogers, who was the designer for the show. It was directed by Ali Da …
Tonight marks the end of The Country Wife, a Restoration comedy which Director James Robert Carson carefully updated. It has been a wonderful experience to work with the 2015 Graduating Company, and I have enjoyed the production immensely. You can see me above in my costume above, along with members of the cast. The show has been very successful, with …
So I’m currently working on a new musical (not one of my own!) written by the lovely Amy Le Rossignol and Rachel Partington. It’s premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe this August if anybody is in the area, and is looking damn fine. It’s called Slaves of the Kingdom and follows the story of Moses getting the slaves out of Egypt. …
