CURRENT
NEWS (updated monthly)
COMING UP IN
2008: KATE DICKIE is in Australia starring in AALST (National Theatre of Scotland),
co-stars in HE KILLS COPPERS soon on Ch 4, features
in SPEED RACER for the Wachowski Bros., has a guest starring role in TAGGART
and is filming ROUNDING UP DONKEYS in late February, co-starring MARTIN
COMPSTON who stars in RED MIST (new feature filming in
early February) and he opens soon in big budget horror DOOMSDAY ~ HOPE ROSS is also in ROUNDING UP DONKEYS ~ ANNE DOWNIE stars in independent feature RUNNING IN TRAFFIC ~ REBECCA ELISE leads BULB and REBECCA SLOYAN leads
ICE PLANT at the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, France ~ KARI CORBETT will be back on THE ROYAL on ITV1 in the new series ~ SHABANA
BAKHSH will be back at WATERLOO ROAD filming the
next series ~ MAXI MOFFAT stars as Lewis in EMO
for IWC ~ JULIE HALE is on FAIR CITY for RTE ~ LINZI
CAMPBELL makes her TV debut in TAGGART ~ Eileen McCallum, Gordon McCorkell and Michelle OÕBrien return to RIVER CITY from February ~ LOUISE BOLTON returns to tv in TAGGART ~ JENNIFER LOWRIE is in the cast of HEDZ, ROSS ALLAN
is a regular in ME TOO! and JULIET CADZOW is
Edie McCredie in the award winning BALAMORY on CBBC ~ JONATHAN HOLT is on the world tour of BLACK WATCH (National Theatre of Scotland)
opening in Australia in January and arriving at the Barbican in London in June
~ WILLIAM RUANE is WAITING FOR GODOT at the
Citizens, Glasgow, and stars in KICK ABOUT at the Clermont Ferrand Short Film
Festival ~ DAVID IRELAND and IONIA NI
CHROININ are touring Ireland in two new plays ~ KIM
GERARD and AMANDA BEVERIDGE lead VANITY FAIR at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh ~ SABRINA CARTER is CLARINDA in the new musical premiering in Edinburgh ~ UMAR
AHMED is touring THE ECLIPSE to Singapore ~ CAMERON
MOWAT is in SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
for the National Theatre of Scotland ~ SUSAN COYLE and DOUGAL LEE lead GREAT
EXPECTATIONS on tour ~ SCOTT HOATSON is on tour
in THE WALL ~ SHONAGH PRICE will be blowing
TRUMPETS AND RASPBERRIES at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh ~ EWAN DONALD plays WALDEN in a new one man show ~ DAVID FITZGERALD is in MARTHA on tour ~ NICK FARR
leads POETRY FOR BEGINNERS on Radio 4 and THE SWITCH on Radio 3 ~ Bryan Lowe stars in SATURDAY,
SUNDAY, MONDAY on Radio 4 ~ THOR
HOLT is the CR SMITH man in Scotland É
JUST
FINISHED IN 2007: JORDAN YOUNG headlined ALADDIN in Aberdeen after concluding the BLACK WATCH USA
tour and the run of BBC tv series LEGIT ~ NOREEN LEIGHTON got rave reviews as the Wicked Step Mother, ADAM REEVES was Charming and MARTIN DOCHERTY was
very Ugly in separate CINDERELLAÕs, after Martin wrapped the award winning BBC
tv series DEAR GREEN PLACE and played alongside BILLY RIDDOCH in ANTIGONE ~ HELEN MCALPINE (as
Peter Pan), CARLYNE GIBB (Wendy), SABRINA
CARTER (Tiger Lily) and
DAVID FITZGERALD (Michael) went to different
Neverlands in Inverness and Glasgow ~ LORNA MCDEVITT, GREG POWRIE and SUSAN
COYLE had a well received Pitlochry festival season
~ AGNIESKA BRESLER led RUPTURE for the National
Theatre of Scotland, ~ JESSICA GRAHAM made her
tv debut in REBUS ~ KATHLEEN MCDERMOTT revelled
in her starring role in WEDDING BELLES on Channel 4 and now out on DVD É
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.