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Ihsan Kerr, who co-wrote Lunchbox with me last year, decided to write his own play this year, A Better Memory. We performed at the Pleasance Courtyard, a venue I've been lucky enough to call home for the past three years. And what a success it was! A Better Memory received over 50 audience reviews, the most for a show of its size. Before we even arrived at the Edinburgh Fringe, we had already received two five-star reviews from Carforth and Morecambe festivals. We then went o

What a couple of fantastic days spent in Dundee working with the wonderful team of Gary Jamieson of V&A Dundee, Rodney Mountain ex nhs surgeon and Amanda Lowson, and film maker Alastair Moore both of Dundee Rep Theatre. Last November Amanda and I were at a meeting and came up with an idea about football and schools. Scotland had just qualified for the world cup and I said " we can all kick a ball “ Amanda translated this into Dundonian. “We can aw kick a baa.’ Gary was workin

When you have a passion and you don’t follow it, through time it will make its way through the cracks of your life. My parents were very keen that their children integrate into the local Scottish community. As I child I played the piano, the violin, the guitar, performed drama and was in the choir. I was jack of all trades and master of none. My parents never knew to tell me to practise so I didn’t. Sometimes having parents who push is not a bad thing. My parents just wanted