Damien was introduced to acting by small Glasgow based companies such as Burnout Films and Cardonald Community Theatre. From there he joined The Strathclyde Theatre roup and took part in plays at Glasow's Ramshorn Theatre such as ‘From The Calton To Catalonia’ and ‘Some Explicit Polaroids’. He co-wrote a series of short plays with India Crawford-Legg shown at Initial Itch at the 13th Note.