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Man, 30, posed as a teen to rejoin old school and went unnoticed for two years

Brian was 30 when he rejoined and 32 when he gained five top marks in his Highers, the equivalent of A-levels.

Irish Mirror

My Old School director Jono McLeod on stranger-than-fiction film's release

We sat down with local director Jono McLeod to discuss the release of his new documentary My Old School, telling the incredible story of Brandon Lee, the 32-year-old man who enrolled at a Glasgow secondary.

Glasgow Live

Perth Theatre welcomes Alan Cumming as the dancing Bard in Burn

Perthshire's Holywood actor Alan Cumming shows his writing and dance talents to a home audience who will learn about Robert Burns from a new perspective

Daily Record

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Alan Cumming gives brutal verdict on Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak

SCOTTISH actor Alan Cumming launched a scathing attack on the Tory leadership candidates on the BBC’s The Nine show.

The National (Scotland)

‘A damaged person’: Alan Cumming on playing the schoolboy who was actually 30

In 1993, a 16-year-old pupil at a Glasgow school was unmasked as a fully grown adult. Now his classmates have made a documentary – My Old School – about the astonishing deception

The Guardian - UK

My Old School review – audacious tale of thirtysomething man who posed as a teenage pupil

Jono McLeod directs this intriguing documentary about his former classmate Brian MacKinnon, who at age 30, went back to school as a ‘teenager’

The Guardian - UK

Alan Cumming makes his dance debut

The actor makes his dance debut in a visually stunning yet curiously empty life of the poet. But every move counts in the Freedom Ballet of Ukraine’s glorious dark erotica

The Guardian - UK

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Edinburgh Fringe reviews: I admire Alan Cumming, but Burn is a comprehensive failure

WHERE would the Traverse Theatre’s Edinburgh festivals programme be without Irish writers, actors and companies? The most cursory consideration of…

The National (Scotland)

Burn review – Alan Cumming is extraordinary as Scotland’s rockstar poet

Cumming’s daring evocation in movement of the life of Robert Burns goes way beyond the biscuit-tin

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh Fringe 2022: this year’s highlights from comedy, theatre and dance

The Fringe is back, which means an overwhelming choice of thousands of shows. Isobel Lewis and Jessie Thompson bring you their unmissable highlights

The Independent UK

Alan Cumming: ‘You’d be shocked by the messages Miriam Margolyes and I leave each other!’

As he brings his one-man show about ‘rockstar’ poet Robert Burns to the Edinburgh festival, the star talks about desire, debauchery and dancing in his 50s

The Guardian - UK

Alan Cumming: ‘Men have a difficult time controlling our desire’

Alan Cumming has worked with Stanley Kubrick and the Spice Girls – now he’s starring in a dance show about Scotland’s most famous poet. He talks to Sarah Crompton about male desire, why Marvel films confuse him, and casting for the new James Bond

The Independent UK

Edinburgh Fringe 2022: this year’s highlights from comedy, theatre and dance

The Fringe is back, which means an overwhelming choice of thousands of shows. Isobel Lewis and Jessie Thompson bring you their unmissable highlights

The Independent UK

Tam Cowan: Motherwell fan who threw a bottle faces a life ban... now 7,000 of us have admitted it

Our columnist shares his supporter nerves - and his new found love for Scots icon Alan Cumming.

Daily Record

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Daily Mirror

Who is the real Brandon Lee from Netflix's My Old School and what is he doing now?

Netflix’s latest documentary, My Old School, charts the bizarre true story of a 30-year-old man disguising himself as a schoolboy. After two years he was exposed, and one of his former classmates is behind the film

Glasgow Live

Incredible story of Glasgow's 30-year-old schoolkid set for New York premiere

My Old School tells the tale of Brandon Lee, a 30-year-old who posed as a high school student in the 90s - and is set to premiere in New York on July 22, with Lee voiced by Hollywood actor Alan Cumming.

The National (Scotland)

Alan Cumming takes on life of Robert Burns in solo dance-theatre performance

ACTOR, dancer, singer, writer, cabaret performer, raconteur, political activist (not least for LGBTQ+ rights and Scottish independence) – the…

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see

Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance

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Evening Standard

More of us think Brexit was wrong – we’re never going back

There’s an episode of the short-running but highly-acclaimed animated sitcom, God, the Devil and Bob, that I think about from time to time. Bob, an average, heavy-drinking but ultimately decent man discovers he can get (and bet on) future sports scores via the Devil, deliciously voiced by Alan Cumming.

Daily Record

Local film star and activist Alan Cumming announced as 2022 Perthshire Pride special headliner

The Tony Award winning actor and LGBT champion will lead the march and deliver an opening speech at the equality and diversity celebration on August 13

The Independent UK

Cruise ship with Broadway stars to steam off in spring 2023

The maiden voyage of a cruise ship starring a boatload of musical theater stars — like Tony Award-winners Laura Benanti, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming and Lena Hall — will set sail next spring

Salon

The bizarre story of Cumming's chimp pal

Here's everything you need to know about Tonka, the beloved chimp co-star who disappeared but was never forgotten

Daily Mirror

Mystery of missing George of the Jungle star solved after death was faked

The mystery about the whereabouts of Tonka the chimpanzee has been solved after it was originally claimed that the George of the Jungle had suffered a stroke and died

The Independent UK

Animal actor Tonka found alive one year after owner faked chimpanzee’s death

Chimpanzee’s owner claimed the ‘Buddy’ star had died last year amid a legal dispute with Peta

Glasgow Live

Where are the cast of The High Life now?

Divorce, death, and Hollywood - the cast of the classic one season show The High Life have had different paths since Air Scotia landed their last flight.

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