PREVIEW

FEBRUARY

I KIDNAPPED

RL Stevenson's classic novel is reissued in five editions. including a in graphic novel. If you're quick. you can grab a free copy from an Edinburgh library. 1 Feb

Katrina Brown is going back

to her roots. The Glasgow—born leading light of Scotland's visual art community has spent the past nine years working as the inaugural Curator and Deputy Director of the highly successful Dundee

Contemporary Arts. during ' 18 THE LIST 4—18 Jan 2007

I NEW TERRITORIES Scotland's festival of live arts sits somewhere between theatre. performance art and installation, bound together by imagination. Tramway, 7 Feb-70 Mar

KATRINA BROWN

which time she commissioned new work from international artists

such as Olafur Eliasson.

Marine Hugonnier and

I GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL

It‘s the third year for the fledgling festival. Watch out for the John Wayne retrospective. plus lots off interesting new movies. 75—25 Feb

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Thomas Demand.

Brown was recently appointed Director of The Common Guild. a new Glasgow-based visual arts organisation. ‘Tl 1e idea is to create a dynamic force for programming of contemporary art in Scotland.’ she says. “I'll be based in Glasgow, but not all of our work will be

MARCH

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focused on the city. For instance. we're working on the first visual arts project in almost 20 years for the 2007 Edinburgh International Festival. which is a fascinating prospect]

Unlike DCA. initially The Common Guild won't have its own space; instead Brown will commission

I AALST

Kate Red Road Dickie plays the lead in this account of the parents who took their children to hotel room and murdered them. Tramway, 21-31 Mar

I MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

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1 l JAMES McAVOY

THE REAL McAVOY

With three films due for release in rapid succession, actor James McAvoy will be hard to avoid in 2007. Kaleem Aftab meets the Scots-born star who’s trying to avoid all those Ewan McGregor comparisons.

here is something odd about calling

.lames McAvoy ‘the t’acc’ ol‘ anything.

He‘s not exactly endowed with traditional movie star looks. llis skin tone is pallid. lie was born in (ilasgow on New Yeahs Day in NW and looks like he hasn't sampled a Scottish summer let alone an Indian one. His hair always seems unkempt atop his angular baby-lace. It‘s a physiognomy that‘s unique for a leading man in celluloid land. It’s made it a struggle for journalists desperate to tag him: he’s been labelled everything from a young llugh (irant to a young Albert liinney.

Yet. in proclaiming .\lc:\\‘oy 'the face of 2007’ the best comparison that we at The list can find with his rapid rise to fame is with another son ot‘ Scotland. liwan McGregor. A compliment that will be t‘urther cemented this year with McAvoy appearing in three ot‘ the year‘s most anticipated pictures: The Last King (g/‘Sr'oI/uml. .Illonr'mr'nl and Becoming .lum'.

It‘s been a remarkable l2 months that has seen the Scot go from snagging a rising star BAli'l‘A to winning the British Independent liilm Awards Best Actor accolade for his tttrn as Doctor Nicolas (iarrigan in The Last Kng of Scotland. His performance. it’s being whispered. might see him receive the ultimate seal ol‘ movie approval A Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.

artists to work within existing galleries as well as

fall into my old relationships with the city.‘

hidden spaces throughout Glasgow and beyond. Though a native of the city. Brown is fully aware that Glasgow's contemporary art scene has evolved in the 12 years since she last worked there. ‘l‘m conscious of trying not to

she says. 'l'm also very aware that my perception of Glasgow will change through my relationships with the artists I commission. ' An announcement about The Common Guild's first commissions is expected early in 2007. (Allan Radcliffe)