FirstWord IRENE MACDOUGALL
Actress and CATS award- winning mainstay of Dundee Rep Irene MacDougall is currently on sabbatical playing Mrs Darling and Smee in the Royal Lyceum’s Peter Pan. We caught up with her to talk blueberry cheesecake, Bambi and Keanu Reeves
First record you ever bought Led Zeppelin’s III. Last time you were chatted up Last week.
First film you saw that really moved you Bambi. Last time you cried Last week when I went to see A Christmas Carol at Dundee Rep.
First thing you do when you’ve got time off work Rest, read, garden, clean, shop, cook . . . Last great meal you cooked Delicious Sunday lunch for me and Dominic (Hill, artistic director at the Traverse).
Last extravagant purchase you made My car.
Last book you read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – the first in the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson. Last time you were star struck When Keanu Reeves came to Dundee Rep to see The Cherry Orchard.
Last meal on earth – what would it be Steak frites followed by blueberry cheesecake. First song you’ll sing at karaoke I would never sing karaoke – I’m uncomfortable singing in public.
your work Well it sort of happens all the time, but I would call it constructive criticism. First concert you ever attended Bob Dylan at Blackbushe.
First thing you think of when you wake up in the morning . . . another five minutes!
Last thing you think of before you go to sleep I have a quick think about what I have to do the next day (a sort of mental list – I love lists!).
First crush Christopher Baines (I was eight).
Last time someone criticised ■ Peter Pan runs until Sun 3 Jan at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh.
TWITTER TALK: BEST OF A DECADE
Oliver: nice knees
We asked our Twitter massive: what was the defining moment in Scottish culture for you this decade? kerrydexter Eddi Reader singing Burns w RSNO. averydryfino Well, Waitrose opening in Glasgow, clearly. gracle It has to be The Smeatonator stepping up to the plate at Glasgow Airport! bulldozia Meeting the Cybraphon. Graeme_Stirling Above any other, the creation of a National Theatre of Scotland. I am still waiting for them to employ me. NicolaMac When I saw Sean Connery wandering down the Royal Mile for the opening of the Parliament. skinnygirlwho seeing Neil Oliver’s knees in a kilt on TV. hellohonkytonks ‘Except for viewers in Scotland’: The Armando Ianucci Shows. NickMitchell The Fratellis’ debut album surely ;) csteinle Beating France home and away yet STILL not qualifying for the Euros. dingelbert How about Exit Music, the last Rebus novel, or any of Sandy McCall Smith's chartbusters . . . big Scot book bucks! gooseylucy77 Martin Creed and Richard Wright winning the Turner Prize. Yey!!! Go Scottish art!!
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■ It’s Christmas time: there’s no need to be afraid, especially not round at List Towers, where we’re suddenly really feeling the seasonal goodwill. We suspect it has something to do with our choice of advent calendar this year: we’re re-listening to a different Christmas
/yzauhyf). We’ve got a whole new appreciation of the horn section on The Waitresses’ Christmas Wrapping and we’re also enjoying the Fucked Up cover
classic every day, and posting them on Spotify so you can join in at home (right here: http://tinyurl.com
version of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, featuring Andrew WK and available to buy on iTunes, for charidee.
As we prepare for the telly’n’squabbling fest ahead, we’re looking forward to small moments of
peace in in Sky 1’s silent short film season: 12 little bits of wordless bliss, themed around the 12 Days of Christmas, with writers including Neil Gaiman and stars such as Bill Nighy and Peter ‘see page 36’ Capaldi.
2 THE LIST 17 Dec 2009–7 Jan 2010