KATE DICKIE MATTHEW WORKMAN WILLIAM RUANE JULIET CADZOW DANIELLE STEWART SAMANTHA SHIELDS	April 2009 FEATURE FILMS CONGRATULATIONS !!!! TO BRYAN LARKIN winner of the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award for producing the feature he has also written, edited and stars in - RUNNING IN TRAFFIC - co-starring Kenneth Cranham, Anna Kerth and ANNE DOWNIE. Check the website for the background on this brilliant micro-budget feature with a macro-heart – www.runningintraffic.com. AND TAKE NOTE this is Bryan's SECOND BAFTA (Scotland) AWARD – he won Best First Time Performance in 2006 for SCENE – the man's unstoppable! KATE DICKIE is starring in the chilling thriller OUTCAST, shooting through March and April and co-starring James Nesbitt - "OUTCAST draws on ancient Scottish and Irish myths of the Sidhe or Sith, an ancient race with magical powers, which traditionally can include invisibility and the ability to see into the future." THE HERALD - Filming in Scotland wrapped at the end of March after causing traffic stopping antics all over the Borders. In Dalkeith (see pic. on front page courtesy of Sigma Films blog and Dougie Wood who took it) James Nesbitt was stalking Kate (in a scene from the film) while crowds out shopping were stalking Mr Nesbitt and Ms Dickie with their mobile phones and cameras videoing the stars from all angles right up to Action – they were gracious in all things. . . The shoot now moves to Galway for principal studio photography. MARTIN COMPSTON has wrapped the CinemaNX production THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED co-starring Gemma Arterton and Eddie Marson. This kidnap drama written and directed by J Blakeson (DESCENT 2) is a three hander, and was an intense shoot involving very physical performances and action sequences and is already gaining considerable industry interest awaiting its late 2009 release. On general release THE DAMNED UNITED - Martin Compston plays John O'Hare (13 caps for Scotland) and the cast also features STEWART ROBERTSON as Archie Gemmill (capped 43 times and 22 times captain of Scotland), to Michael Sheen's Brian Clough (enuff said, young man) ~ KATE DICKIE co-stars with MATTHEW WORKMAN and SEAN KELLY in SUMMER. Directed by Kenny Glennan, EIFF Best Actor award winner Robert Carlyle plays the lead role (Kate is his Mum and Matthew and Sean are his younger selves)~ Awaiting release: ~ Martin Compston's SOULED OUT (working title for the Northern Soul Saturday Night Fever with a score featuring Duffy and Paul Weller!) premieres this year ~ And with KATE DICKIE and co-starring James Cosmo, Martin has ROUNDING UP DONKEYS, the companion film to their 2006 international hit RED ROAD, also coming up ~ Recent films available on DVD – SOMERS TOWN (Kate Dickie), STONE OF DESTINY (Juliet Cadzow, Bryan Lowe, Danielle Stewart), DOOMSDAY (Martin Compston) RED ROAD (Dickie, Compston), A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS (Compston), THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (William Ruane), AE FOND KISS (Shabana Bakhsh, John Yule), TICKETS (Ruane, Compston), WILD COUNTRY (Samantha Shields, Compston), MORVERN CALLAR (McDermott), SWEET SIXTEEN (Compston, Ruane, Matt Costello)	BRYAN LARKIN ANNE DOWNIE STEWART ROBERTSON SEAN KELLY SHABANA BAKHSH BRYAN LOWE JOHN YULE MATT COSTELLO
	TV NOMINATED FOR BEST DRAMA SERIAL	KATHLEEN MCDERMOTT
ANTHONY BOWERS BILLY RIDDOCH JOHN PAUL HURLEY REBECCA MCQUILLAN GREG POWRIE DOUGAL LEE	CONGRATULATIONS to E4 and Channel 4, Zeppetron and Charlie Brooker, Annabel Jones and director Yam Demange AND OUR OWN BEAUTIFUL ZOMBIE KATHLEEN MCDERMOTT on deserved recognition for a brilliant and original mini-series (the DVD is out there) ~ Meanwhile Kathleen and merry mancunian ANTHONY BOWERS are filming HAPPY HOLLIDAYS as regulars sparky Debbi and dopey Dean in the new Ford Kiernan led comedy series also featuring BILLY RIDDOCH and JAMES WATSON ~ WATERLOO ROAD is on Wednesday nights on BBC1 with SHABANA BAKHSH as regular Jasmine Koreshi – she's dumped her dreamboat and she's back on the footie field playing a blinder through till May ~ AND up north Scottish weekly drama RIVER CITY is filming its first block for 2009 with GORDON MCCORKELL and EILEEN MCCALLUM as regulars Deek and Liz – joined on set this month by returning original cast member WILLIAM RUANE revisiting the role of Brian for a one off special appearance ~ Watch out onscreen every Tuesday for JAMES WATSON as bee farming romantic interest Alain and new client SEAN KELLY (SUMMER) as a thug and a half ~ BRYAN LARKIN takes the lead role in TOWNSVILLE - also starring JOHN PAUL HURLEY - this is a hi-tech green screen and online link up police procedural transmitting at Easter (watch listings mags for details) on BBC2 Scotland ~ KATE DICKIE is to film DIVE (a two parter for Granada) written and directed by Dominic Savage, in May, playing the diving instructor to two teenage water babies in this original coming of age drama ~ THEATRE NEWS REBECCA MCQUILLAN is on the final weeks of the tour of PACK OF LIES, directed by Christopher Morahan, starring Jenny Seagrove, Lorna Luft and Simon Shepherd. Produced by Bill Kenwright, with a possible West End season to follow later in the year, Rebecca is in Malvern and Cardiff this month ~ Touring abroad with productions are SHABANA BAKHSH (off to Frankfurt and The Hague with award winning David Greig play YELLOW MOON for TAG Theatre Company) and DAVID FITZGERALD (on his way back from Singapore and Tasmania with MARTHA for Catherine Wheels Theatre Company) ~ And staying at home: JORDAN YOUNG has opened in the visceral Sam Shepherd's CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS at the Lyceum, Edinburgh ~ SCOTT HOATSON is in rehearsal for AFTER MARY ROSE for Magnetic North Theatre company who will be touring the production around Scotland including shows at the Traverse, Edinburgh and the Tramway, Glasgow ~ GREG POWRIE and DOUGAL LEE join the company of the Pitlochry Festival season 2009 (opens in May) ~	JAMES WATSON GORDON MCCORKELL EILEEN MCCALLUM DAVID FITZGERALD JORDAN YOUNG SCOTT HOATSON

AND FINALLY. . .

HUNWICK HUGHES LTD was commended for the Arts & Business Scotland Small Business Award 2008 in recognition of our sole sponsorship of the Royal National Theatre Connections Summer showcase in Scotland in 2007 at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, involving performances by eight youth theatre groups from Scotland, Ireland and Norway, and for supporting "opportunities for 1400 young people to participate in the Lyceum's Education programme and extend membership of the successful Lyceum Youth Theatre".

Continuing our support for LYT, HUNWICK HUGHES LTD is establishing the Lyceum Youth Theatre Development Fund in 2009 as the founding donors.