The Burger Club launches with a bang

The Burger Club launch premier took place on Monday 24th April at the Doubletree by Hilton Glasgow central and wend down a storm with over 700 attendees.

The evening kicked off in the main bar in The Doubletree By Hilton in Glasgow City Centre around 6.30 where guests started arriving ahead of our official 7pm start time. The writer, Hugh Robertson and I were there to greet the several hundred attendees, made up of family, friends, media, Promoters, and representatives from the hospitality Industry.

At 7pm we started moving this excitable bunch through to the private reception area where they were treated to a large selection of free drinks provided by Dark Art Distillery, Dragon Soop, VODDY Vodka, Panther Milk and Blur69 Vodka as well as our partners at Pure Radio.

Over the next hour we enjoyed meeting a number of new contacts and catching up with old friends. The topic of conversation was invariably the upcoming premiere of the extended trailer for our new proposed 4 part series, “THE BURGER CLUB”.

By 8pm we had moved the gang into the large ballroom which had been set up with 750 seats surrounding the huge digital screen hired specifically for the showing. I got up on the stage, and delivered a rousing welcome in my usual shy retiring style, before introducing Hugh, our writer who gave the background to how the entire project came about. He was followed up on stage by Seth Gardner, our director who explained how, and why he took time out from his busy schedule to get involved, in what’s become a project of which he’s very proud. We dimmed the lights, and the opening theme tune “The Boys Are Out” written by renowned music writer and producer, Jim Duguid, kicked in. The screen lit up and we were away.

The next 25 minutes flew by as the audience laughed, and cheered our teaser through to it’s conclusion. The tale of a quirky group of Glaswegian mates who decide to carry out an audacious robbery on Glasgow’s biggest gangster and psychopath, Frank Gilroy, was really well received, and left the audience wanting more, and asking when the rest of the story would be available to view. At 9pm the Hilton opened two additional bars to accommodate the 700 plus crowd, most of who stayed until midnight chatting positively about the movie and the evening in general. We were also treated to a set by Britt, an up and coming recording artiste from the city. I am so proud of what we have been able to pull off with a limited budget, with an incredible cast and crew and the support of the venues and promoters from the hospitality industry. They say that Britain has an enviable pedigree when it comes to “Community Theatre”. Well, I believe we’ve just pulled off an excellent example of “Community Film”.

Everyone involved would like to thank all of our partners, brands and suppliers for their support and the venues for allowing us to use the amazing venues to film it really means a lot.

The Burger Club Extended Trailer” is free to watch on You Tube. Please watch it, and share it with all your friends.