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9 KATY & KAREN KOREN TEAM GB
As well as expanding the Gilded Balloon’s range in 2018 as the year-round Rose Theatre fully took root, and maintaining GB’s position as a key player on the Edinburgh Fringe landscape, the mother and daughter team gave us plenty of insights and anecdotes with their Boss Wummin’ podcast. (BD)
8 JACKIE WYLIE WALL BREAKER
The National Theatre of Scotland’s artistic director is determined to represent the imagination of a nation, and by commissioning a musical from Birds of Paradise and inviting Gob Squad to disrupt in Glasgow, she demonstrates her i erce vision for a theatre beyond walls. (GKV)
7 404 INK PEN PALS
Heather McDaid and Laura Jones’ alt.indie publishing house took last year’s Hot 100 number one spot and 2018 has been equally as successful for them. They’ve had releases from Helen McClory, Chris McQueer, and a graphic feminist anthology in collaboration with BHP Comics. (KG)
6 KARINE POLWART BRIGHT STAR
The Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year award went nicely alongside Polwart’s Scottish Album of the Year shortlisting for A Pocket of Wind Resistance. On the live front, she proved a vibrant addition to the Edinburgh International’s Festival Light on the Shore programme with her Scottish Songbook. (BD)
5 KAREN GILLAN PARTY PERSON
Not only starring in two huge blockbusters – front and centre alongside The Rock, Jack Black and Kevin Hart in Jumanji and as a member of Guardians of the Galaxy in Avengers: Ini nity War – Gillan also made her directorial debut with The Party’s Just Beginning which premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival. (HN)
4 KATHRYN JOSEPH UNIQUE VOICE
Her breakthrough in 2015 established Joseph as one of the most unique and exciting musical voices in Scotland, and this year’s reputation-reinforcing second album From When I Wake the Want Is brought her renewed national attention. The live show, designed by theatre company Cryptic, was also outstanding. (DP)
3 RACHEL MACLEAN
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38 THE LIST 1 Nov 2018–31 Jan 2019
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