Crooning, celluloid and Christmas wishes!

Hi all!

Thought I'd better get a post in before year end. Can't believe how quickly this year has gone, the days seem to slip by as recent events hurriedly become distant memories...

Since my last post I have been a busy lad (as usual!). Work at Madame Tussauds has been going well, it is an absolute dream to being going to work and singing all day long - I have really enjoyed my time there and made some great new friends. My contract finishes on Jan 3, so unless they renew it, it will be time to move on to the next adventure.

Here's a pic of me with two of my fellow crooners Tara and Dinah.

The coolest experience that almost happened while working there was singing for the (ex?) king of pop - Michael Jackson himself! He was supposed to come through with his kids, but cancelled at the last minute to go shopping at Top Shop instead...the cheek!

I also have done some paid work on a short film and did a web/print ad too, so have been keeping up the acting.

I was offered a six month position doing TIE (theatre in education) in Italy last Friday. An amazing opportunity to travel the country and learn the language, but I had to turn it down as the pay was just not enough to live on really - even with accomodation provided. I'm not too worried, there are plenty of auditions coming up in January and with most of the West End shows recasting in the next few months, I could be treading the boards on a London stage...fingers crossed!

On the production front, I was involved (until recently) on a psychological thriller feature as Producer but my differences of opinion with the writer/director have led me to pass this up. But as fortune would have it, another script has presented itself and I am working with the writer to get it to final draft stage. The film is a romantic/drama and is a Italian/Iraq co-production and has a great production team, so time will tell.

Misspelt (the feature I shot with Falstaff and Nick earlier this year) is going well. The footage is on its way to London to be completed here - our good friend Anthony Lewis is to finish the edit and a tralier and publicity material are on the way. Watch this space!!

Hmmm, what else? I saw my first british pantomime - Cinderella at the Hackney Empire a couple of weeks back. The brits really do love their panto, even Henry Winkler has come over from the US to star in one...weird!

That's about my lot for now, except to say a very Merry Christmas to all, enjoy the holiday season wherever you are in the world. I have some more photos I will upload to this site in the near future, so until then...ciao for now!