Born in Edinburgh and raised in Hamilton, Scotland, he studied, lived and worked in London before moving to Melbourne, Australia.
[2] This led to a successful production at Òran Mór, Glasgow with Joanne Cummings playing Hannah, the piano student who makes up for a chaotic personal life with an obsession for music and particularly her piano teacher, the unseen and much lusted-over Greg.
[3] This was followed by The Gyntish Self (2006),[3] an energetic romp through the classic tale of Peer Gynt, co-written with Rob Drummond and Ewen Glass and produced by the young, Scottish Theatre Company Measureless Liars, "A jaunty skim through our hero's search for self that takes in street-smart localised patois and a deadpan acquisition of pop psychology therapy speak.
This project grew out of an ability, which Gilmour and Eugene Skeef shared, to quickly generate music and lyrics from stories that the people of Peckham shared in workshops, a series of stories that formed the basis of the musical work.
Gilmour generated the libretto from fragments of poetry, music, workshops and stories that collected in a journey through London.