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AXIS OF AWESOME KARMA RATING: 87 POSITION: 11TH
@AuroraCabaret It’s times like this that I wish the fairies had taught me to play the piano. @CinderCabaret I’m out past midnight – at a late night spot with @axisofawesome I hope my ride has pity on me and doesn’t turn into a pumpkin!
@SWCabaret There’s a crush in the queue for Axis of Awesome’s late night show!! Craziness!!! What’s a princess to do!!
@AlexDRobertson the @axisofawesome really made the Late ‘n’ Live for me. That plus an amazing game of Jungle Speed afterwards. @katsharp Chuffed to have won an @axisofawesome CD.
@niniev Great show tonight! @axisofawesome happened to be, erm, awesome! Woo!! @TumbleTwig Had an amazing time at the @axisofawesome late show and just met the lovely Noel Fielding in our venue bar.
■ The Axis of Awesome, Gilded Balloon Teviot, 662 6552, until 30 Aug, 7.45pm, £10–£12 (£9–£10). www.edtwinge.com
Hero’s welcome Across in Glasgow, superheroes take centre stage. Words: Anna Millar
W e do love it when a homeboy does good, and Glasgow lad Mark Millar has certainly done that in recent years, with his comics flying off the shelves and adaptations of his work lighting up the silver screens, in such creations as Wanted and Kick-Ass. Last week it was announced that Millar will add yet another string to his finely-tuned bow with 20th Century Fox acquiring the screen rights to the Mark Millar/Steven McNiven graphic novel Nemesis, with Tony Scott in the director’s chair. Millar’s Marvel Comics titles include the revamped X-Men and the Avengers series The Ultimates.
Nemesis was published in March of this year by Marvel’s Icon Comics, and tells the story of Matt Anderson, a billionaire genius who’s the world’s greatest fighter, hell-bent on avenging the death of
his parents. In an unlikely twist, they were villains and Anderson is also a costumed vigilante who travels the world, killing off top cops. Closer to home, and back in the real world, The List’s other favourite heroes at the Maggie’s Centre have launched a new events strand in Glasgow, hoping to create a festival-on-foot atmosphere. Willing participants will do a ten-mile walk round the city by night, checking out some of Glasgow’s finest architecture as they go, with funds from the event going towards cancer research. The first ever Glasgow Night Hike will have an opening party at the University of Glasgow’s Cloisters next month, with confirmed buildings opening up to participants, including Kibble Palace in the Botanic Gardens, Trongate 103 and Maggie’s Glasgow. See these pages next issue for more.
TAKE5 SHOWS FROM THE LATIN QUARTER
Flor de Muerto On 2 Nov, Mexicans celebrate Dia de Muerto (that’s ‘Day of the Dead’ to non-Spanish speakers), in which the dearly departed are remembered with fiestas, masks and orange marigolds. This play is about a young orphan who, for obvious reasons, would rather forget the Day of the Dead – but the dead won’t let him. Montezuma The EIF presents the epic opera about the fall of the Aztec empire at the hands of the Spanish Conquistadors, in one of the hot tickets for this year’s festival. In this latest incarnation, it’s directed by one of Mexico’s most exciting young directors, Claudio Valdés Kuri, and stars a host of European and Mexican singers.
Iran do Espírito Santo The São Paulo-based Brazilian artist exhibits for the first time in the UK at the Edinburgh Art Festival, at the Ingleby Gallery. Santo specialises in minimalist works; his ‘En Passant 5’ was created specifically for the Ingleby’s upper gallery space, and consists of wall-sized grey-scale paintings that entwine concepts of light and dark in a hypnotic fashion.
Rumba An afterparty to the popular APU world music events, Los Gringos Bandidos play salsa, bachata, merengue, cumbia, reggaeton, bolero, cha cha, latin jazz and much more at Madogs every Thu–Sun night. Live percussion, Latin dance shows, animation and international DJs are all part of the fiesta atmosphere.. Marcelo Figueras & Santiago Roncagliolo The darker side of Latin America is explored, as part of the Book Festival. Figueras’ Kamchatka tells the story of a ten-year-old boy caught up in Argentina’s bloody coup of 1976. Red April is a Peruvian political thriller by Roncagliolo, one of Latin America’s most exciting young writers.
10 THE LIST 19–26 Aug 2010