No shortage of actors for city’s ambitious film

Thespians come from all over the country for ‘sensational’ auditions

Budding actors gathered at the Caird Hall in Dundee to audition for what has been described as one of the city’s most “ambitious” film projects.

Thespians travelled from across the country to audition for a part in Schemers, which tells the tale of a young music promoter trying to get Iron Maiden to play a show at the Caird Hall in the 1980s.

The film’s director, Fife-born Kyle Titterton, said the audition process had been well received.

“The London auditions were sensational and the Dundee auditions have also gone very well,” he said.

“The standard of the actors we have seen auditioning for the film has been astonishing.

“I am so glad that we chose auditions over the two cities.

“We noticed that in Dundee, the actors who have come to audition are younger. It has been great to see the passion they have all brought.

“It has also been great to see the film start to come to life through the audition process.”

Donald Morrison, 41, has been acting professionally for more than a decade.

He had travelled from Glasgow to audition for the role of Ian Pike, to hold described in the script as “a vicious killer, tough and outwardly charming but essentially a nasty piece of work”.

He said: “The script stuck out at me as something very similar to Quadrophenia.

“There are tonnes of talented screen actors in Scotland and its good that awards like the Scottish Bafta’s are recognising Scottish talent – it gives all actors in the country something to aim for.”

Will Holliday, 24, was auditioning for the role of Dave McLean, the main character who the story is based on.

He said: “The more things like this that happen in Dundee, the more opportunities for acting, art and drama will come to Dundee.”

Amy Reid, 23, who auditioned for the role of Shona, said she wanted to play a part in the film because her parents had grown up in Dundee in the 1980s, and it would be an opportunity to take a “glimpse of what life was like through their eyes”.

Iain Leslie, 34, also auditioned for the role of Ian Pike. His previous acting experience has seen him play Lord Capulet in a modern imagining of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

He also played an extra in Inbetweeners Movie. the