drama – John D Burns

An Actor’s life

November 6, 2016John D Burns 5

I don’t do it for the glamour, really I don’t. I get no thrill from signing autographs and I’m not the sort of [...]

January 20, 2015johndburns 1

This Saturday I’ll be bringing my one-man play about George Mallory to Buxton Pavilion Arts centre. A Night on Everest, organised by [...]

August 9, 2014John D Burns 2

Someone threw this woman away, seems a bit of a waste really, she looks reasonably fresh to me. They could have turned her [...]

August 4, 2014johndburns 2

There are many odd places you can walk but in August of every year there is no mile odder than Edinburgh’s Royal [...]

They tell me it won’t rain for the whole of August but I’m not sure, the Edinburgh skies look fit to burst to [...]

July 24, 2014July 16, 2018John D Burns 2

Some men cast shadows that linger for generations after their death. George Mallory was such a man. While researching my one man play [...]

July 17, 2014johndburns 6

The Edinburgh Fringe is almost upon us and my blog will change for a while when I’m there as my life will be [...]

June 10, 2014John D Burns 4

Heroes Fall Hearts are Broken But Dreams Never Die A Tale of Life and Death on the Roof of the World Book tickets [...]

My one man play about George Mallory is in rehearsal right now. It’s hard work but we are getting there. The play is [...]

June 12, 2013John D Burns 2

Almost 90 years ago George Mallory, Britain’s leading climber, and Sandy Irvine, a young powerful oarsman, vanished into the mist close to the [...]