writing

Hosting

In January I hosted the AARP Movies For Grown Ups awards for the fourth time, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles in January. It was broadcast on PBS

In May I hosted the BAFTA TV awards in London, follows by the Clio awards for advertising in NYC a few days later.

I guest hosted the Jimmy Kimmel show on Monday 21st July and caused quite a furore with my opening monologue in which I addressed the anti-trans rhetoric and persecution that is rife in America. The cast of the Fantastic Four and Pamela Adlon were the guests I interviewed.

Finally in November I hosted the SLTN (Scottish Licensed Trade News) awards in Glasgow.

Concerts

It was my quietest year of concerts for a while due to my new responsibilities at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

2025 saw the final performances of my cabaret show Och and Oy! with Ari Shapiro and Henry Koperski. We did a spring tour of Eastern Canada, visiting Richmond Hill, Brampton, Ottawa,Halifax, St John and Fredericton, and ended it all (with a fountain going off behind us during our last number) at Kennett Square in Pennsylvania!

I continued with my solo show Uncut, playing in Orlando (where the show wad filmed), and also Irvine CA and Redbank NJ.

I also sang at a Michael Kors event at the Carlyle Hotel and at the WNET gala, also in NYC