CURRENT NEWS (updated monthly)

JUNE/JULY 2008

MATTHEW WORKMAN

MHAIRI ANDERSON

MAXI MOFFAT

GORDON BROWN

KATRINA ROSE-SMITH

MATT COSTELLO

JENNY HULSE

ALLAN LINDSAY

MARTIN DOCHERTY

SABRINA CARTER

GREG POWRIE

LISA NICOLL

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 18^th to 28^th June, 2008

(all details on www.edfilmfest.org.uk)

KATE DICKIE opens in SUMMER, co-starring MATTHEW WORKMAN and starring Robert Carlyle, at the EIFF on 22^nd at Filmhouse 1 (www.sixteenfilms.co.uk) Software: Microsoft Office

Kate also stars in SOMERS TOWN, directed by Shane Meadows, (http://www.shanemeadows.co.uk), opening in Edinburgh on 20^th at Cineworld 3, and then in London on 21^st. Kate has a Q and A session after the first screening in Edinburgh. Software: Microsoft Office

BRYAN LOWE, DANIELLE STEWART and JULIET CADZOW are in STONE OF DESTINY, opening on 21^st at Cineworld 7

More Film News

Software: Microsoft Office Opening later on – MHARI ANDERSON in THE DAISY CHAIN, starring Samantha Morton and Steven Mackintosh - Be very afraid - this wee girl is something else, a really exceptional talent and we're very proud that she's our newest client - we don't normally represent under 16's. Mhari joins a select list including MATTHEW WORKMAN (see SUMMER above) and young theatre actor SCOTT PEDEN (AN INSPECTOR CALLS - RNT).

MARTIN COMPSTON and STEWART ROBERTSON are off the bench filming the football action sequences for THE DAMNED UNITED, the biopic of Brian Clough starring Michael Sheen and directed by Tom Hooper. Martin plays John O'Hare and Stewart is Archie Gemmel ~ Go the Lads!

NEIL LEIPER is the star of indie feature WASTED (Raindog Films) - Principal photography starts this month, with KATE DICKIE, David Hayman, Gary Lewis and featuring MAXI MOFFAT ~

GORDON BROWN has a leading role co-starring with Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) in the Viking extravaganza VALHALLA RISING, shooting in Scotland until the end of July ~

Some DVD rentals and buys – Out Now - RED ROAD (Kate Dickie, Martin Compston), A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS (Martin Compston), THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (William Ruane), AE FOND KISS (Shabana Bakhsh, John Yule), TICKETS (William Ruane, Martin Compston), WILD COUNTRY (Samantha Shields, Martin Compston), MORVERN CALLAR (Kathleen McDermott), SWEET SIXTEEN (Martin Compston, William Ruane, Matt Costello).

Coming Soon - DOOMSDAY (Martin Compston) out Sept 1^st.

On TV

In production are MHAIRI ANDERSON in Adrian Shergold's FIONA'S STORY (BBC), KATRINA ROSE-SMITH has just wrapped TAGGART: HOMESICK and MATT COSTELLO has just wrapped TAGGART: SCABS (SMG) with JENNY HULSE and ALLAN LINDSAY. Ongoing filming for KATHLEEN MCDERMOTT on E4's BALLOON WARS; for SHABANA BAKHSH on series four of WATERLOO ROAD; for KARI CORBETT on HOLLYOAKS; for JANINE MELLOR on CASUALTY.

On screen this month are EILEEN MCCALLUM, MICHELE OBRIEN and GORDON MCCORKELL in RIVER CITY (BBC Scotland) with ANNE DOWNIE and NICK FARR joining the big storyline of the trial of Eileens son Archie!; JULIET CADZOW is in BALAMORY, JENNIFER LOWRIE is in HEDZ and ROSS ALLAN is in ME TOO! (CBBC) ~

Coming up – filming for regular cast member MARTIN DOCHERTY in series two of the award winning comedy DEAR GREEN PLACE (EffnGee/BBC Scotland ~

In Theatre

JONATHAN HOLT opens at the Barbican on June 25th in the award winning BLACK WATCH (NTS) as part of the bite08 festival. Jonathan will be in BLACK WATCH when it plays its New York season in October ~ SABRINA CARTER opens in the cast change of WICKED at the Apollo Victoria, week of 16^th June ~ GREG POWRIE and DOUGAL LEE are in the Pitlochry Festival Theatre 2008 company until October in leading roles in WILD HONEY, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER, ARCADIA, HEARTBREAK HOUSE and HABEUS CORPUS ~ HELEN MCALPINE leads SWINDLE AND DEATH on a Scottish tour ~ JOHN P ARNOLD is Shylock in THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and appears in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING for the Bard in the Botanics season 2008 in Glasgow ~ BILLY RIDDOCH and BRYAN LOWE are stars of CELTS IN SEVILLE, rehearsing at Celtic Park from the end of July ~ LISA NICOLL precedes her Edinburgh Fringe season in ACCEPTANCE by writing her weekly diary in the Metro from 2^nd June to 30^th June, every Monday, in character as Scarlet from ACCEPTANCE. For all the details and background to this stunning one woman play written and performed by Lisa see Edinburgh Fringe Brochure (Vault Annexe – Venue 279, from 19^th to 25^th August) ~