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Alan Orr

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Alan Orr
Born
Paisley, Scotland
Occupations
  • Actor
  • musician
  • singer

Alan Orr is a Scottish actor, musician and singer, born in Paisley.[1]

Orr has appeared in Postmortem with Charlie Sheen, Nickelodeon's LOL: Laugh Out Loud and STV's The Silly Billys[citation needed] as well as narrating the Scottish Television series Tales of Toodlebye. He also appears as an actor in the annual PACE Theatre Company pantomime every Christmas, as the comedy sidekick of PACE founder and panto dame David Wallace.[2] The two are known for their frequent ad-libbing.[3][4]

Orr appeared in the BBC Two comedy show What's Funny About the Indy Ref?, a satire sketch show about the Scottish Independence Referendum.[5]

He currently works for PACE and Hopscotch Theatre Company as a Musical Director.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Alan Orr". Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2020. Hailing from Paisley, Alan is a keen musician/composer as well as an actor
  2. ^ "STV programmes news and information". Live Local. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Homegrown hero". HeraldScotland.com. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  4. ^ "jack and the beanstalk, paisley arts centre". HeraldScotland. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. ^ "What's Funny About the Indyref? - Alan Orr - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
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