April 2008

Drew McAdam: APRIL 2008 NEWSLETTERTel: 01506 873013www.drewmcadam.co.uk

Hi there, and welcome to the April 2008 newsletter/diary.

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STARTS

Just a quick heads up – at short notice… My next appearance on The Trisha Show is on Thursday May 1st. Channel 5. 10.30am. (Aye, that’s tomorrow. Or today, if you’re reading it today… is this making sense to anybody?)

GIGS THIS MONTH…

I had some truly memorable gigs during April, starting with the launch of the new Lamborghini. I was also back on stage for a medical crowd (remember the travelling gynaecologists?) who just keep bringing me back, at Edinburgh University. I did another for a local charity group – I had promised to do it some time ago, so it was time to keep that promise – and I had a ball!

There were also gigs at Dalmahoy Hotel (seems like I’m never away from that place, and that’s no bad thing!) and another fantastic night – for another medical group – at the very swish Balbirnie House in Fife.

I don’t know why, but I seem to be enjoying performing even more than usual these days… It’s great when you get a run of really fun gigs when the participants and the audience are simply “up for it”. Best job in the world, mate!

PAPERS

The papers took an unusual level of interest in my wanderings lately, including the locals and the nationals, with a couple of huge features and the usual spooky photographs. I also had the fun of answering ten questions for one of our evening papers, about Edinburgh… You can check out my inane answers here: http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Ten-Questions-Drew-McAdam.4020852.jp

RADIO
I also had a great meeting with the producers of the show we’re working on at the moment: School for Genius (working title) for BBC radio. They are a great team, and I’m honoured to be working with such fertile, creative minds who have such great enthusiasm for the project. Recording of part-1 begins next month.

THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN…
I rarely mention family – mine, or yours – in my newsletter, but I have to tell you about my son, Andy. He is the luckiest soul alive. He enters competitions and wins them… regularly and always. He’s won more stuff than you can imagine, including travel and tickets for top gigs, days out in sports cars and so on. He has landed himself prizes too many to mention. Anyway, one of his recent wins was microlight flights for two… So, this month saw me take to the air over my old stamping ground of East Lothian. From the tiny airfield we buzzed off towards Edinburgh, and then back along the coast line past my old home town of North Berwick, over Tantallon Castle, and then out to the amazing Bas Rock, which looks positively alive with seabird life. Honestly, words can’t describe it.

So, if you’re looking for an unusual gift certificate for somebody, check out the guys at www.eosm.co.uk by the way, thank you for the wonderful experience, George and Gordon… and Andy for the free flight ticket!

That’s me in the back waving – glad you can’t see the fixed grin.


That’s NOT me, but it IS The Bass Rock. See all the white stuff? That, believe it or not is gannets – millions of ‘em.

PLAY
Thanks to the entertainment editor of the Edinburgh Evening News, Liam Rudden, I was invited along with some of his friends to see the play: Mrs Brown’s last Wedding, written by and starring Brendan O’Carroll. You know when you come out of the theatre and your cheek muscles are glowing and your sides still aching from laughter? It happens all too infrequently, doesn’t it? But what a thrill when it does… and this is one funny, funny play that just hit all the right buttons for me.

TELLY
Two episodes of The Interrogator on the Trisha show aired this week – thanks for all the feedback from those who receive this newsletter. I’m not a great fan of watching myself on the TV; I tend to squint out from between the cracks in my fingers. So, your feedback meant a lot.

WEB
I was interested to discover that lightning-fast chef Ainsley Harriot (If you live in the UK, you know who he is!) has a Bebo web page… I don’t understand these social networking thingummys, but I was delighted that he has chosen my appearance on ready Steady Cook as his video clip. Cool!
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4026062878


NEXT MONTH:
I’m looking forward to a fun-packed month ahead. We will be recording and filming School For Genius in Dundee, I have more Trisha to film, I’m off over the Forth Rail Bridge on a steam train, and taking another trip waaaay up North to Fort William and Mallaig by train. There are also gigs, including one at Norton House in Edinburgh and a gig I’m really looking forward to in Elgin.

Have a great May, one and all. The sun is on its way… surely.

Drew