BARMAN BOABBY IS STILL GAME FOR A LAUGH

Sitcom icon Gavin Mitchell ready to take the stage this month to reveal all about working on TV and his long, storied career

- MICHAEL PRINGLE

An audience will get the chance to question a Still Game star when he takes to the stage in Dumbarton next month.

Look Who It Isnae - An Audience with Gavin Mitchell, will see the 60-year-old actor offer up behind-the-scenes stories and insight from his years of working in theatre, film, TV and radio.

Gavin is instantly recognisable thanks to his role as the acerbic Boabby the Barman in the hit Scottish sitcom TV series.

Hailing from the north of Glasgow and an area he describes as the "lovely fishing village of Springburn", Gavin first got into acting almost accidentally through a dare with one of his pals.

"A good mate of mine Iain Muir and I didn't know what we were going to do in life," Gavin admits.

"He was a joiner but hadn't finished his apprenticeship. I did casual theme painting at the Citizens Theatre and he was doing casual joinery work.

"We had the skinny, peely-wally look, with black hair, and Iain was asked to be an extra in the next show. He told me he didn't want to do it, I said' What? I'd love to do that. So, he said if you do it, I'll do it and we shook hands on it.