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Last Night - Proscenophobia

December 10, 2011

Just done the last night performance of Proscenophobia. The performances got better over the weeks run, tonight's was certainly the best by all the cast. Well received by the audience and Justin was a really an enjoyable part to play. A break for Christmas before the next production starts in February.

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New Part in "The Odd Couple"

October 15, 2011

Neil Simon's famous update of his contemporary classic starts with a group of women friends playing their regular game of Trivial Pursuit. This week, the coterie is meeting at the apartment of Olive Madison, a divorcee who freely admits to being a slob: "I leave a mess when I read a book." Late to arrive is Florence Unger, a stickler for detail who would try the patience of a saint, and who has unfortunately just become separated from her husband. As life would have it, the slob and the fuss-...
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New Part in "Four Nights in Knaresborough"

October 15, 2011

Set in 1171, Four Nights in Knaresborough opens in Canterbury Cathedral where four knights, Brito, Fitz, Morville, and Traci come to arrest Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury. However, rather than arresting him, Becket is killed by Fitz.The knights then flee to Knaresborough Castle in Yorkshire where they ensconce themselves for a year to avoid the wrath of the public and the Pope.
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New Part in "Proscenophobia"

October 8, 2011

Just started rehearsals for Proscenophobia at Blackburn Arts Club. I play Justin James the company manager, very much a man of the theatre and extravagant in speech and gesture. Proscenophobia (stage fright) is a whodunit which takes place in the dressing room of a provincial theatre during a performance of a thriller. Then a shot rings out in the theatre during the performance and one of the cast lays dead. Was it suicide? Was it murder? Should be good fun....
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"Watching You, Watching Me" Showreel

October 8, 2011

Added footage from "Watching You, Watching Me" a dark piece about a drink driver who kills a young family. I play the drunk criminal who is held hostage by the grieving father.
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