CURRENT
NEWS (updated monthly)
May
2008
|
DONNA
GIFFEN
JOHN YULE
NEIL
LEIPER
MAXI
MOFFAT
LINZI
CAMPBELL
MARTIN
DOCHERTY
EWAN
DONALD
MICCHELLE
O'BRIEN
GORDON
MCCORKELL
JENNIFER
LOWRIE
ROSS
ALLAN
GREG
POWRIE
DOUGAL
LEE
REBECCA
MCQUILLAN
VINCENT
FRIEL
DAVID
IRELAND
DANIELLE
STEWART
SABRINA
CARTER |
MARTIN COMPSTON opens in the UK on the 9th
May in his latest feature DOOMSDAY, directed by Neil Marshall. In April, Martin
filmed LAST NIGHT AT THE TAVERN for Sorbier Films/BBC and wrapped Scottish
feature ROUNDING UP DONKEYS and the American horror RED MIST. His 2006 film TRUE
NORTH, co-starring Peter Mullan, has its German premiere in Cologne on May 18th
to considerable European critical acclaim ~ KATE DICKIE has a cameo in the
Hollywood blockbuster SPEED RACER (directed by the Warchowski Bros.) which
premieres in the UK on April 29th and is on general release from
May 9th. She wrapped ROUNDING UP DONKEYS, the companion film to
the multi-award winning RED ROAD, in April, and has just returned from
filming PUSSYFOOTING in Stockholm to shoot GIRL IN THE BRANCHES for Sorbier
Films/BBC. Kate co-stars in SUMMER, with Robert Carlyle, and Shane Meadow's
SOMERS TOWN, both opening later in the year ~ DONNA GIFFEN is filming the supernatural
thriller NIGHT INTO DAY in Italy ~ NEW TOWN KILLERS, directed by Richard
Jobson, featuring JOHN YULE and BILLY RIDDOCH, has wrapped in Edinburgh ~ WASTED, starring NEIL
LEIPER,
films this month, directed by Stuart Davids and Caroline Patterson ~ On TV ~ KATHLEEN
MCDERMOTT
is filming a leading role as 'the wannabe wag' and MAXI MOFFATT is a zombie in BALLOON WARS
for E4, written by Charlie Brooker ~ SHABANA BAKHSH is filming series four of
WATERLOO ROAD as Jasmine until November (the season is to be screened on BBC1
in early 2009) ~ LINZI CAMPBELL makes her TV debut in TAGGART this
month ~ MARTIN DOCHERTY films the new series of DEAR GREEN PLACE in the summer ~ PURVES AND PEKKALA,
has wrapped, featuring EWAN DONALD, JULIET CADZOW and JORDAN YOUNG ~ KARI CORBETT will be back on THE ROYAL on
ITV1 soon, she films HOLLYOAKS this month ~ JANINE MELLOR continues into her fourth
year as Kelsey on CASUALTY (BBC1) ~ EILEEN MCCALLUM, MICHELLE O'BRIEN and GORDON MCCORKELL are on their summer break
from RIVER CITY from mid-May until August ~ JULIE HALE is in FAIR CITY ~ JULIET
CADZOW is
Edie McRedie in BALAMORY, JENNIFER LOWRIE is in HEDZ and ROSS ALLAN plays Nurse Henry in ME TOO!
~ In the theatre ~ SHONAGH PRICE is blowing TRUMPETS AND RASPBERRIES at the Royal Lyceum,
Edinburgh ~ GREG POWRIE and DOUGAL LEE are in the Pitlochry Season opening 16th May with WILD
HONEY ~ REBECCA MCQUILLAN is in THE SOUND OF
MY VOICE at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow ~ HELEN MCALPINE leads SWINDLE AND DEATH Mull
Theatre on a Scottish national tour ~ A Play, A Pie and A Pint, from the
award winning David MacLennann
& the Glasgow Lunchtime Theatre continues at Oran Mor with VINCENT
FRIEL DAVID IRELAND JULIET CADZOW and DANIELLE
STEWART appearing in new and original one act
plays ~ SABRINA CARTER joins the cast of
WICKED at the Apollo Victoria, London in June ~ ROSS ALLAN is in MOUSSA'S CASTLE on tour ~ JONATHAN HOLT is on the acclaimed tour of BLACK WATCH (National Theatre of Scotland), arriving at the Barbican
in London in June ~ |
HUNWICK HUGHES is the sponsor of the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Schools Programme and a co-sponsor of
the Royal National Theatre New Connections Youth Theatre Festival in Scotland at the Lyceum in July, 2008.
HUNWICK HUGHES
(formerly 41 Management ) was the sole sponsor the Royal National Theatre
Connections
Youth Theatre
Festival in Scotland in 2007.