Month: April 2014

An Actor’s Diary: The Criminal

In 2007 I was cast as a thief to promote the uses of SmartWater. SmartWater is invisible to the eye but when put through UV, really stands out. As this film was to show how affective the dye is, I was coated in the stuff. I actually borrowed the clothes from a friend as I had nothing vaguely “street” enough. The hoody, trainers, jeans and even my face and hands were covered in SmartWater. Can …

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Theatre Review: Blithe Spirit, London

Blithe Spirit Gielgud Theatre, London Until 7 June 2014 ★★★★★ Angela Lansbury is currently starring in Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre in London. I saw the show last night and was blown away not only by the stellar cast but that a play written more than eighty years ago still resonates with today’s audience. The comedy of this piece is timeless and the story is so well crafted that by the interval, you are left not knowing how the piece …

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#ThrowbackThursday

Like a lot of things on social media #ThrowbackThursdays has become quite the addiction. I actually travelled up north to see my Mum earlier this year and brought back with me a box full of pictures from my childhood so I had more images to post. Now that’s either dedication or just plain sad; I’m thinking the latter. We all give so much information away on social media that I suppose it stands to reason …

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Rural London

We rarely think of London as being rural, but wherever you are in the city, there are signs of life other than the nine million humans who reside here. I have lived in London for almost eight years but rarely stop to look at the beauty beyond the man-made. So, I have started snapping photos wherever I go in London and you’ll be surprised at just how green Britain’s capital really is. Five minutes walk …

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My Children’s BBC Showreel

As soon as I left school I started work in television. PSTV was a small indie company in Wakefield but we did a lot of work for the BBC in London. Being the bright-eyed sixteen year old I dove straight into the work and just a year and a half later that I was directing a light entertainment show for ITV. I still worked on many of the BBC productions as well and was often …

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I Quit Smoking – After 20 years!

My parents are smokers, both sets of Grandparents were smokers as were their parents. Most of my family are/were smokers, yet as a kid I didn’t like it. I would complain about the smell in the car or the thick layer of smoke which always hung around the living room like the San Francisco fog. I swore I would never be a smoker. Then I hit puberty! The surge of adrenaline and my own conscious …

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