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37 David Harrower
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On the strength of B/l'rckbrrd alone. thrs \.'.«'as certainly l larrower's best year srnce the first production of Knives Ill Hens a d(x:ade ago. In thrs piece for the International l‘estrval, Harrower exarrrrned the profound ernotronal attenuation of a man accused of paedophrlra and hrs yrctrm. some years on from the crrrrre. Behind thrs complex story. there's a challenge to contemporary ethics which avoids the black and xxx'nrte rnoralrty of popular discourse on thrs matter. 'SC;
36 "an Volkov (as)
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lhe youngest conductor ever appointed to a BBC orchestra. llan Volkov has been the BBC 880's main man for almost three years. 2006 promises to build on thrs year‘s successes which included hrs debut \‘Jllll the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. whrclr helped make Simon Rattle a household name. As his own orchestra moves into the transformed City l lall. Volkov's impact rs set to ignite when he opens the yenue Ill January with Stravinsky/s Heb/I'd. rClvlr
35 Ewan McGreqor
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After a guret 7004. everyone's favourite Crreftrborrr Jed; got busy -‘.'/rth rnrxed results. The ls/and bombed in the US and pigeon flick Val/ant could only flutter garrrely. though hrs voicing of a young rnyentor rn Robots had the right rnrx of innocence and pluck. As for Revenge of the Sn?) 'l)(3l()\.'/r. thrs was a proper epic. and McCregor. 2.'./hether cutting Anakrn to shreds on a lake of lava or muttering about younglrngs'. was its unarguable star. lJSr
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34 Lewis
Grassic Gibbon
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It's perhaps fitting that James Leslie Mitchell's rnasterprece Sunset Seng was voted the best Scottish book by readers of The List in the 70th anniversary of h s untimely death. The first hook in the celebrated Scots Qua/r trilogy. which rs based on Gibbons early lrfe in the Arbuthnott countryside. beat off stiff competition from Trainspotting and Lanark. rARi
It seems that whenever Brennan
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Liam Brennan (36)
performs before Scottish audiences he rs bound to make thrs lrst. This year. an rncrsrvely observed Levin in the lyceurrr's Anna Karenrna set the tone. Perhaps even more of an achievement - because the production was not of the same standard set by Muriel Bomanes and John Clrfford for the lolstoy piece — was hrs performance in The Found Man. for which thrs gifted actor found a thoroughly believable lrne through a drtfrcult character. (SO
32 Scottish Ballet (52)
After years of uncertainty and much publrcrsed in house sguabbles. Scottish Ballet rs finally back on an even keel. The arrival of Ashley Page as artistic drrector rn 2002 has turned our natronal ballet company into a force to be reckoned with. So much so that in 2005. for the first trrne in 20 years. Scottish Ballet made a trrurnphant return to the Edinburgh International Festival. rKAr
31 Jamie Bynq
Author Margaret Atwood recently compared the charrsrnatrc persuasrveness of the Canongate helmsman to that of a used—car salesman. But few could match Jamie Byng's tenacity when rt comes to seeing an arnbrtrous idea from l’)rarnwa\./e to reality. And you don't get much more ambitious than Canongate's new Mvt/rs series. the first three titles having been launched
srrnultaneously by 33 different publishers around the world. lARi
30 Vick V Featherstone (9)
Ill? fl r’ Di? i) l PFC] TOP Vicky FeatherstOne has shown all the drive. creativity and initiative we might expect from a new drrector of the National Theatre of Scotland — and then some. FolloWrng her intelligent direction of David Greig's Pyrenms early thrs year. Featherstone presented a cleverly balanced programme for the NTS. incorporating even/thing from popular and youth work to new projects in an ambitious and far‘reaching package. The year ahead. on paper at least. looks full of promise. (SC)
29 Sté ane enéve
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This ever so charming French conductor just needs to say something and audiences melt. And speaking to the audience is still something new for the RSNO srnce 80-year-old Deneve made hrs highly successful inaugural appearance with the orchestra he adores at the end of September. Revitalile programme plans bode well for the future. with the French connection looking especially interesting rn the hands of this exciting young Paris Conservatoire graduate. (CM)