Horse on the Roof

Photographing Horse McDonald on the roof of the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow

I’ve worked with Horse for many years now and photographed her in all sorts of venues and locations, from Strachur to St. Cyrus Beach, from the Panopticon to Theatre Royal, the Barrowlands Ballroom to Scottish National Portrait Gallery. I could go on. However, I’d never had the pleasure of photographing her singing live on the rooftop of one of Glasgow’s most iconic venues. To be fair, nobody has ever been allowed to perform on the roof of the Pavilion Theatre before, and given the amount of health and safety-related paperwork involved, I doubt anyone will ever again. The stunt took place earlier this month and was promoting Horse’s live gig at the Pavilion Theatre (the proper seated bit this time). The concert took place last Friday, and you can find a few images from both events below.

Interview with Pauline McLean for the BBC

with Zoe Graham

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The Dolls - Behind The Scenes

The Dolls are Louise McCarthy (Only an Excuse?) and Gayle Telfer Stevens (River City) and I wrote about working with them before. When their Dolls Abroad tour finally hit the King's Theatre in Glasgow earlier this spring (for 3 sold out shows no less) I was asked to document the process of putting the show together. It was a very, very long day but in all honesty, it was one of the most rewarding working experiences I've had. Have a look at some of the shots below:

The Dolls

The Dolls are Louise McCarthy (Only an Excuse?) and Gayle Telfer Stevens (River City) and I've known them for a few years through my work with Soul Nation Choir (Gayle and Lousie have both sung with this brilliant choir). I'd been hearing (and seeing clips online) of their double act for a while but somehow never got the chance to see it live until I was asked to photograph a couple of their sold-out Dolls Abroad shows at The Mitchell Theatre this September. I'm not exaggerating when I say it was one of the funniest things I've ever seen - I was photographing it with tears streaming down my face! After 8 sold-out shows at The Mitchell Theatre, The Dolls are hitting the road next spring to bring Dolls Abroad to venues all over Scotland. Fat chance getting tickets (some dates were sold out within 10 minutes) but it's definitely worth trying cause these two (and the brilliant Alan Orr who also stars in the show) will knock your socks out!