CLASS OF 2004
67 Muriel Spark
AUTHOR, POET
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ARTS PRODUCER 69 Cllo Gould . n . v ~ .: ‘ . . AftertherfepartirreofI/Irr1haelBo',d VIOLINIST, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ' 'r 2 '~ " r' - t " . 'r ‘rorr‘ the I'on son‘e ,ears ago. there Sn»- : .v r r " r' r. r» u :r : z . : .'.a‘,cor‘srrferatrleanxiety ahout the s wrxfilrwi} r: _:~_r"~~‘ ' " r' r‘ r rnrrrrtrnrr's frrfzrre. tin? the arr’rual of thls *ll'e" '." ,' fl‘»- :3 first E r‘ a t t . t» I" :T 'r ' r r 2 " :" ' nsrgntful \"t/elshrrran '.'.'ould soon hea rs sexfr‘ 5T h.- r‘T»-' ‘ Mr w' rv ~ ' . .; .4 h 'eassur'e. and rndeed present new ,ear‘: 7‘ the r’ 3' .'.:lr r w re; a w: ' r 2’ « ' r r .r :' "r ' r ' challenges to the hurldrng's regular l“, tJonafhar‘ M r'.‘ tn He 'r ' a.~ - "» 'r "- :u: r' r' "w punters. Murray's ahrlrtres asa hard act t< '< pr ir'iv: to r 'r ,t w r r ’y ' t r r w
programmer. producer and general theatre thrnker‘ has meant that there was never a dull year at the Tron, wrth an adventurous programme. from the smallest experrrnents to full-scale productrons. We mrght thank Murrat for Nerlson's Drssocra alone. yet such torrrrng work as the Thrs Wax Up festrval would he enough to rustrfy hrs elevated posrtron rn the Scottrsh arts. :80
72 AL Kennedy
AUTHOR
Ant new hook I». Glasgowl>ase<l ‘.'.’r'rt(}r‘ Al. Kennedr, makes the perfect excuse to hreak aut the party poppers and drag the multrcoloured huntrng across the street. And thrs year's eagerly
antrcrr rated Par‘adrse. Kennedy’s fourth novel, told of a wrrter scalrng new lrerghts of wrt and rnsrght. The hook follows the self-destructrve downward sprral of ~1(l\'()2tr~0ld alcoholrc Hannah luckraft who. hawng prcked up and drscarded x'arrous dead-end rohs. now \.‘.ror'ks ‘rn cardhoard'. Wrth extreme humour. Kennedy charts Hannah's \anous trouhlesorne relatronshrps. Blackk ftrrrm. rnovrng and uplrftrng. the most strrkrng aspect of the novel rs the heautrfully rendered character of Luckraft. whose harrowrng search for ‘paradrse' rs a pleasure to follow. tARr
71 Optimo
CLUB
There's not much we can IO'dII‘, add to Optrmo's rergn as the coolest antr-cool Cluh rn Brrtarn. Twrtch and erkes came up wrth the concept sexen r. ears ago of let's rust pth what the fuck we lrke' and Inn mg the best record collectron known to man or beast certarnlt helped. It‘s eas‘rer to descrroe, what they don't play than what they do. so rncluSr\e rs therr' remrt. samplrng ounk. electro. dub. techno and far more beSro'es and
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70 Frank Deasy
TV WRITER
After 2003's venture rnto the thorm terr'rton, of rrrstrtutronalrserl chrld ahuse uvrth Real Men. Frank Deasy took the chance rn 2t) )3. of takrng hrs foot from the controx'ersrai pedal and grvrng us a pleasant lrttle two—part drama ahout the hell of lrvrng rn Brrtarn as an asylum seeker. ln Eng/an ‘fExptxrts. Deasy centred hrs drama \.'.'rthrn the persp<x2trve of a former whrte power actrvrst :played I); the marestrc Stc—xen Mackrntoshr who returns to hrs fascrstrc. bully hot ways. hlan‘rng asylum seekers for hrs own prtrful t2erstt2rr<:<,-. Harsh.
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68 Michael Clark CHOREOGRAPHER
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stop callrng Clark the 'enfant terr:l;re' ’r modern dance. Because rn teaa, world. the unork he creates reall‘, rsn't
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