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I RODERICK BUCHANAN
Glasgow artist Roddy Buchanan gets a major solo show in which he intends to hold a mirror up to Scottish society. Goma, 5 Apr—21 Oct
I TRIPTYCH
Last year was one of the best yet for this intelligent mu5ic festival. and Ute Lemper is already on the list for 2007. Various venues. dates the
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McAyoy doesn't play (iarrigan as the passiye Scot depicted in (iiles l‘oden's noyel who lets Idi Amin take control over him. As .\IeA\'oy says ol‘ his own interpretation. 'Ile is the protagonist. bill the thing that is different about him is that he is not a very nice person. He is selfish. and arrogant. yain and egotistical. the most important person in his own life is him. and that is line it you stay in your own country. but when you go to somewhere and you‘re important because of where you‘re from. you wield a huge power. And when you‘re selliin you shouldn’t wield all that power because you can hurt people around you. He certainly does that.‘
The performance is all the more remarkable because it‘s so dil'l’erent from anything we‘ve seen McAyoy do before: whether playing the cucumber-laced latin in The (‘limnit'lm (if
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I The Grumbleweeds Forty years since they first
turned professional following an appearance
on Opportunity Knocks.
the musical fivesome are now a comedy/ impersonation duo. and i they're supporting Cannon I,
I Hannibal Rising AKA Hannibal Lecter. the Ear/y Years — just when you
Glasgow Comedy Festival.
romp through the great
I ARCHES THEATRE FESTIVAL Scratch workshop from the T.E.A.M and a directorial debut for actor/Singer Cora Bisset. With her play about Isabel Allende.
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I PAOLO NUTINI
It's only SIX months Since the Paisley lad knocked ‘em dead at T in the Park: now he's the first artist to play four nights at Glasgow's Carling Academy. 30 Apr-3 May
& I. - I " McAvoy on set: A .4 . ‘ ' The Last King of s. h .3 ' otland (this pic
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Becoming Jane (below left) and Starter for Ten
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Narnia: the charming car thief in .S'litiiitt'lt'n: or
liying with cerebral palsy in Inside I'm Dancing. It‘s this adaptability and roguish charm that makes easy the comparison with the chameleon-like qualities .\Ic(iregor showed when he first appeared in 'l’rnins/inning. 'l'lit' I’ll/ow [funk and [framed (2]):
Yet The Last King (fibrin/(1nd is only the tip of the iceberg for the 28-year-old. He's already completed l’t'ne/ri/n' opposite (‘t'istina Ricci and Reese Witherspoon: he plays Robbie Turner in the adaptation ol Ian Mcliwan's acclaimed noyel Alnin'nit'nl. In the words of an actor that has mastered the art ol‘ moyic promotion. he says. ‘lt's the best thing he eyer worked on . . . Joe Wright‘s a genius.‘ II' the Pride and Prejudice director is eyen hall. as good as the actor says. then it‘ll be worth
thought they COuldn't squeeze any more material out of everyone's favourite serial killer. Peter The Girl with a Pearl Earring Webber offers up the early adventures of Lecter as scripted by Thomas Harris himself.
I Fidel Castro Prepare yourself for a rollicking
leader‘s thoughts on topics as diverse as the Cuban missile crisis. homosexuals. and Blair and BL sh. in My Lift).
I The Sketches of Frank Gehry Mainstream US filmmaker Sydi iey 7 l ie Ii iterprett-Jr Pollack's curious filmed dlSCUSSIOH/COCLllTiOllIal'y with architecture legend
PREVIEW
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I SIX CITIES DESIGN FESTIVAL Masswe design initiative which includes a vast array of other events stressrng the importance of deSIgn in our lives. 77 May—3 Jun
I ANGELS IN AMERICA
The award Winning play on the subject of AIDS and capitalism: a reVival of the 19808 claSSic. Citizen '3 Theatre, 1— 14 May
is a guaranteed big seller.
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lining-up around the block for. Then there's Becoming ./(III('. opposite the gorgeous Anne Ilathaway. in which he plays a roguish Irishman who breaks Jane Austen's heart. It sounds like the type ol’ role that sent (‘iwyneth I’altrow's career into stellar status.
McAyoy currently resides in London. where he lives with his new wile. .-\nne-.\‘larie l)ul'l'. who played his onscreen loye interest in .S'liunn'lt'ss. Ilaying married in October. the pair only managed to go on honeymoon in December due to his commitments promoting The Last King (ifSt‘UI/(Hld and .S'Iurtt'ij/‘rir 'li'n.
l.iying in London. and playing his lair share ol linglishmen hasn't harmed McAyoy's thick (ilaswegian accent one bit. Although he does admit: ‘I don‘t know il‘ l‘ye l‘ound being Scottish a plus becatise I‘ve only played about four Scots in the last seyen years. liyeryone thinks I’m linglish anyway.‘ The same thing was said of .\Ic(}rcgor and. of course. it‘s a testimony to his acting chomps that so many people are surprised when he opens his gob.
In lauding .‘ychyoy. we‘ye got high expectations that the actor will go from being a British to a global star. The roles he takes this
‘EVERYONE THINKS I'M ENGLISH ANYWAY'
year will be piyotal it. he is to truly follow in the Itmtsteps ol‘ Mc(}regor and gain international star status. To do so. he would be wise to take a leal‘ out of the 'l'i'uins/mning actor‘s book and get his loot jammed in the Ilollywood door. .\Ic(iregor did this by taking a one-oil role in lilt’ and starring in films opposite established Ilollywood A-I.isters. eyen ones who cannot act like (‘ameron I)ia/. Ile also jumped on the big- budget franchise bandwagon by taking on Alec (iuinness‘ mantle in Star Hints. The announcement that .\IcAyoy is to appear in ll'unlt'tl. a Hollywood action film opposite Morgan l-reeman. shows that he or his agent is already thinking along these lines. In choosing his next romantic comedy he‘s got to be eyeing tip an actress with the sex appeal of an Angelina Jolie or Scarlett .loliansson as a co-star. The other alternatiye is to find some more I'V rays.
Selected release from Fri 5 Jan.
The wondroust wacky happenings that will win hearts and minds the world over
But publisl’ied on the same day. Pen/erth by Language (21 Jun) is a series Of short stories written by the likes of Michel Faber. each inspired by a Fall song. Weird. certainly. 3 Wonderful? Probably.
Gebry is the best film he has made for years. I Mark E Smith Not a ‘curveball' as such, Since the Fall lead singer‘s Renegade: the Gospe/ According to Mark E Smith
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