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The Fratellis pick up the top gong at this year’s awards BRIEFS
A NEW PRODUCTION of Vagina Monologues will rear its much- hyped head at the Edinburgh Playhouse from 16-21 Feb next year, starring Kaye Adams, Karen Dunbar, Michelle McManus and Gail Porter.
POETS ARE BEING asked to lift their pens in a bid to pocket a £1000 prize, as part of an initiative by United Press. ‘It’s free to enter, and the aim of the competition is to encourage more people to try writing poetry,’ said Peter Quinn, managing director of United Press. Check out the website at www.unitedpress. co.uk or phone 0870 240 6190 for more details.
THE EAST END Music Group’s Equipment Drive is now live online in a bid to encourage people to search attics, sheds, backrooms and basements for instruments and equipment. See myspace (myspace.com/ea stendmusicclub).
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■ The List is perplexed to hear that Richard Branson has banned adverts
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the Stand from his Virgin Trains
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pointing a toy gun at his own head while speaking into a microphone,
inappropriate. The Stand Comedy Club has appealed to Branson to
overturn his decision.
HAPPY DAYS for food lovers following news that Michelin- starred Scottish chef Martin Wishart will open his second restaurant on 5 December at Cameron House, marking a return to a hotel where he worked successfully as a chef de partie early in his career in the early 1990s. For bookings for ‘Martin Wishart on Loch Lomond’ call 01389 722504. WWW.LIST.CO.UK Visit us daily for arts & entertainment news
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Pitch perfect As some of Scotland’s brightest stars turn out for the Tartan Clef Music Awards, Anna Millar raises the curtain on this year’s winners
they do some pretty wonderful things for children and adults who have to contend with all manners of disabilities.’
Donald MacLeod, chairman of the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland Tartan Clef Fundraising Committee, and Co-Chair of the Board of Management, commended both the ‘stellar line-up and great venue,’ adding: ‘It is my view that it will very soon become just as important to the music industry as the Brits or the NME Awards.’ For more information on the Nordoff- Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland and the Tartan Clef Music Awards, log onto www.tartanclef.org. Donations to the charity can be made by logging onto the website and clicking on ‘donations’.
P itching itself as the ‘Scottish Brits,’ the Tartan Clef Music Awards rocked into town last week in suitable glam style, setting out its stall with some of Scotland’s most celebrated acts and championing the great and good of the country’s music scene. Established to help raise funds for the country’s largest specialist music therapy charity, Nordoff- Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland, the awards have in previous years attracted talent, such as Franz Ferdinand, Biffy Clyro, Annie Lennox, Sandi Thom and Paolo Nutini.
Winners on this year’s big night, held in Glasgow on Saturday 22 November, included Eddi Reader for Singer-songwriter of the Year and Glasgow boys The Fratellis, who walked away with the SECC Tartan Clef Award.
Beecake, Dougie MacLean, The Almighty and Rab Andrew also picked up gongs at the star-studded event. Old schoolers Orange Juice received the coveted Glasgow Scotland With Style Lifetime Achievement Award, while special guest Peter Kay, presented Sharleen Spiteri with the Reo Stakis Outstanding Contribution Award. Past winner, Sandi Thom said of the event: ‘I’m glad that the work of Nordoff- Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland can be recognised through events such as these, as