Jim Munro

Jim Munro Jim's first Theatre Guild performance was in our 1996 production of Guys and Dolls. He has been a regular feature ever since then, missing only 2 shows due to work commitments. One of our more 'outgoing' characters, you could say that Jim is something of a 'card' given his penchant for a game of "Texas Hold-em" poker!! Rumour has it that during our 1997 production of Calamity Jane where he (as 'Rattlesnake') and Les Hooper (as 'Doc Pierce') seldom left the stage - they were actually playing a real game of poker at their card table in the Golden Garter saloon ... interupting the game only to say their lines and (in the Doc's case) tend to the wounded!! Jim is perhaps best known to our audience as the loveable and hen-pecked Sid in our 1999 production of Half-A-Sixpence or, more recently, his scene stealing performance as Gangster #2 in our 2006 'sell out' production of Kiss Me Kate. Of course he has also played a drunk in almost every other Guild show - something of a pattern there!! A talented tenor, Jim's ability was spotted at an early stage and he was recruited to join Glasgow's successful Scout Gang Show where he played from 1981 until 1995. This was his first experience of the stage and he was, of course, bitten by the famous bug. In 2003 he was also tempted to join The Lyric Club for their production of Mack and Mabel. Behind the scenes, Jim has a busy job as a salesman for a major insurance firm. He loves to spend as much time as possible with wife Louise and daughter Rebecca. His hobbies include bowling, golf and, of course, cards!! Jim recalls a funny theatre story: "There are many but if I was to choose a favourite it has to be the year the sailor quartet was nearly a solo because one of the other sailors had 3 aces! Nuff said!!" (Jim's Secret: Jim seems to have the opinion that a secret told here would no longer be a secret ... however, if I told you that one of the other sailors in the the game mentioned above had TWO aces ... NUFF SAID!)