October 2008

"The Woman in Black"

Well I didn't get the Main Playing role but I am Understudy for the next eight months. Its at the Fortune Theatre in the West End until 6th June 2009. Huzzah!
Keep a lookout on ChannelBee.com for the Cockney Fish and Chip shop gag and The Apprentice spoof . They are  not yet uploaded but should be good fun to watch when they are up.

I have a short film on the web too. It was shot for the Virgin Media Shorts collection and its called 'Snowy and Me'. At two and a half minutes long it's worth a look and I think its very funny. I appear in it a couple of times (or so) and am also the narrator.

For four consecutive Mondays in August, at  the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Gardens at Wisley, I appeared and interacted with the visitors as Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. In the mid 1800s  in the Sikkim province in the Himalayas, Hooker discovered  Rhododendrons, as well as many other plants and flowers and some exciting adventures he had too.
I was joined by four other actors, including my Dual Theatre Co. partner, Richard Latham, as Sir Ernest Henry (Chinese) Wilson - discoverer of the handkerchief tree. 

The Irish Network of Dramatic Arts (INDA) production of Sive by the celebrated Irish playwright John B. Keane, in the 50th anniversary of its creation was extremely well received at all its venues.

I played the Tinker, Pats Bocock. who with his singing daughter Cathleen, is a travelling soothsayer, news bringer and commentator on local affairs.   
There were two performances at the Harrow Irish Centre (Salvatorian College) on the 8/9 March, extremely well attended and the production acclaimed a resounding success, followed by three weeks at The White Bear in Kennington until 30 March, then 11/12 April at the Haringey Irish Centre, finally travelling to Limerick on 19th April for a week at the Bell Table Theatre.
We  also went to Liverpool on 17th May to participate in the Liverpool European City of Culture 2008 celebrations.

The Chelsea Flower show this year ran from 20 to 24 May as did Hampton Court Flower Show,  8 to 13 July and together with my fellow Tall Fellas I was assisting the public with their choice of Dining venues and generally being highly visible and helpful.

Still available for daytime work, voice-over short films etc so lets be having you then !!