November 2023

Hi Jinks on The High Seas

I am a fan of a fish supper, so you can I imagine how pleased I was to get a call to cover the The Pavilion Theatre Glasgow 2023 panto production of Treasure Island photo call at Blue Lagoon Fish & Chips cafe in Glasgow.  What a great location, they have a pirate ship in the cafe. The whole Treasure Island crew were there. In my picture was Stephen Purdon as Pirate Pichard , Grado as Pirate Pucklebum , Valissa Scott as Dame Henrietta Hawkins and Jack Jester as Long John Silver  

What a Day for a Musical Birthday Party

I was lucky to be working at a star-studded birthday party for Scottish film composer Patrick Doyle. He has composed so many famous film scores including Bridget Jones’ Diary, Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire and Brave. On the evening there was a superb performance by the RSNO with stars Richard E Grant and Peter Capaldi telling some lovely stories about Patrick.  I really feel very privileged in my job sometimes.

An Exhibition of Stage & Screen

I was at the preview of a new Hunterian exhibition ‘Stage and Screen’ from the collection of James L Gordon.
I met curator Joseph Sharples, Curator of Mackintosh Collections and Applied Art with all the amazing images in the collection. There was some amazing works of art Covering designs for theatre, film and television. Spanning the whole of the 20th century, Stage and Screen includes works by leading artists such as Cecil Beaton and David Hockney also designs for famous productions including Oh! Calcutta!, Hair, Cats, Little Shop of Horrors and The Slab Boys. The exhibition features costume designs for stars such as Rudolf Nureyev, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Grace Jones. The exhibition is on until 25th of February.

Colour in the Concrete

Another exhibition opening I attended was for visual artist and illustrator Molly Hankinson.  Her work is exhibited in the James McCune Smith Learning Hub at the University of Glasgow and is part of the University’s ‘Together Against Gender-Based Violence’ campaign’. I loved the amazing colours and great graphics. The colour really stood out agains the grey of the concrete walls of the JMS building entrance.

Jazz on a Winters Day

I had a brilliant day listening to the BBC Young Jazz finalists performing at the BBC Scotland Pacific Quay in Glasgow. All the musicians were absolutely sublime. I could not have picked a winner as I loved the musicianship of them all. Pictured winner, Ben Shankland, was so modest and such a talent

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