Kate Dickie 0 V FILM/STAGE ACTOR One Of the most thrrllrng breakthroughs; of the year has got to be that of Drckre. Long celebrated rn Scottrsh theatre as one of the frnest and most energetic performers rn such stage triumphs as
Boilerhouse's Hun/ring Gill and Suspect
Culture's Lament. [)rckre has had less success rn more two~<lrrnensrorral formats. Red Road changed all that:
her multreaward wrnnrng. scene huggrng
performance as troubled. stoic (X) W operator Jackre rn the frlrn was srrnply brrllrant. Actress of the year \yrthout a doubt. tPUr
Paolo Nutini 0
V POP SINGER
Snow Patrol may be the big
sellers thrs year but Paolo Nutrnr rs the real success story Part teen heartthrob. part soul troubadour. Nutrnr cor‘nxinces as both. often rn the same song. fhe l.rst \.'/Itr‘.(:-sse(f Nutrnr perform a prrvate show to 00 or so people at the start of Q000 and watched With glee as he swept 'l in the Park. the lop «10. and now Ldrnburgh's llogrnanay gently into hrs bulgrng haversack of conquests. llrs debut record. desprte berng shrny enough for rnarnstrearn adoratron had moments of depth and beauty that rernrnd us all young people aren‘t out torchrng cars and collectrng ASBOs for fun.
Its easy to scorn when people
become successful rust ask the rndre kids brtchrng about Snow Patrol around
10
the tables at ESlea/y's but uril:ke m zssrs Brunt. Morrtson and Rice. Nutrnr appears to bane more optrorrs to iiay w:tt‘. musrcally. and at '20 years old he has learned from the rnrstakes of hrs peers like the tox'rly departed Speedway. As the frrst artrst ever booked to play four consecutrx'e nrghts at Caring Academy. 900/ seems to be going hrs way already too. IMRi
Irvine Welsh 0
V AUTHOR
lhere's only really one person rn thrs 100 who. rn one year. could take a play about the Wi/ard of 07 munchkrns to San l’rancrsco and Dublin. drrect a Keane vrdeo. fend off accusations of berng a David Cameron fan and edrt The List for one week durrng the l estrval. errne Welsh rs that person. He even found the trrne to publrsh his frrst book rn four years. the Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs. whrch featured two enyrronmental health offrcers at war with themselves and each other. (80)
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The Fratellis 0
b POP BAND
lhrs Glasgow-based band
have made a huge dent on the rnusrc scene rn 9000. packing out venues across the country and securing a number two album wrth storming debut Costel/o Music — not bad going for three wild-haired upstarts who met whrle working on a farrground and only played therr frrst grg rn March of last year. Howdy. raucous and rnaddenrngly rnfectrous. the f' ratellrs are an important reminder to the world that there's much more to Scottish gurtar rnusrc than weedy brothers toutrng cheesy. harmony filled tunes. (CM
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