Update: Did Alan Cumming teach David Tennant?
I wanted to give a short update on a post I did a few months back about whether or not Alan Cumming might have directed a junior school drama performance David Tennant may have done when David was attending the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama's Junior School in 1984-1985.
For in-depth context you can see my original post here:
But if you can't be arsed and just want a quick and dirty synopsis, here goes:
I bought a copy of a history of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland called Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Raising the Curtain written by my friend Stuart Harris-Logan, the Keeper of the Archives at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/RCS (previously the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama/RSAMD). While reading it, I noticed something interesting: Alan Cumming had been a drama student there in 1984-1985, and part of the requirement of his course was that he help teach and direct Junior School participants in at least one production. And well, David was a student of the Junior School at the time. So my brain connected both events...was it possible Alan had taught DT?
So I reached out to my friend Stuart, and he took a look to see if he could find any evidence this had happened. He wrote, "Now, there’s no evidence of Alan Cumming directing any juniors performances, but I think there’s a very good chance that he probably did teach DT as part of a larger juniors class. So, happy to confirm it’s not just possible, but it’s probable, even though he wasn’t actually directed by him."
So you heard it here, folks. We can't be certain....but it's a damn good bet!