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40 DRYGATE CRAFT FARE
This partnership between Tennent’s and Williams Bros impressively converted an old box factory into a drinking, dining and decidedly cool edii ce to craft beer with good food courtesy of Vintage. Festivals, markets, comedy and other happenings add to the heady mix in the rejuvenated East End. (JT)
39 SCOTTISH ENSEMBLE STRING ALONG
They’ve been pushing classical boundaries for years with visceral performances of inspirational music both new and old, but Scotland’s crack string group brought fresh insights into music, art and architecture in 20th-Century Perspectives, an ambitious collaboration with Glasgow artist Toby Paterson in one of the city’s disused ofi ce blocks. (DK)
38 DC JACKSON
IN MEMORIAM
Glasgow mourns some of its inventive theatremakers
Between that referendum and DARK MATERIALS
controversial omissions from the funding awards, 2014 has been a dynamic year for theatre. Sadly, it is also marked by the deaths of three of Scotland’s most popular and inventive
artists: David MacLennan (above), Adrian Howells and Ian Smith. The breadth of theatrical endeavour in Glasgow is encapsulated in them, from Smith’s surrealistic blend of performance art and broad comedy, through Howells’ intimate shows to MacLennan’s success as the founder
of A Play, A Pie and A Pint.
MacLennan had already secured a place in Scottish theatre folklore through his involvement with 7:84, the radical political theatre-makers and inventors of ‘the ceilidh play’ (a blend of script and traditional
highland entertainment), but his work
as artistic director of A Play, A Pie and A Pint was another revolution. Now producing 38 new plays a year, PPP captured the imagination of its audience with a lunchtime format
mixing food and art.
Ian Smith, for many years the National Review of Live Art’s genial host, was the acceptable face of experimental
performance: whether organising public happenings or bearing his soul in a series of solo pieces, Smith
afi rmed the continuity between Sid James and Marina Abramovic. Not only did he produce sublime
performances, he supported younger
artists and writers.
Adrian Howells was a pioneer of
intimate performance. From his alter- ego, Adrienne, to his collaboration with the NTS, Lifeguard, Howells pushed the boundaries between life and art, encouraging an emotional
honesty and theatrical intimacy. Scotland is poorer without them all, but their diverse legacies provide a foundation for the development of performance into the 21st century.
(Gareth K Vile)
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
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DC Jackson was not content to rest on his TV laurels after last year’s episode of Fresh Meat. In 2014, he served up a comic play of gangster morality with Kill Johnny Glendenning ny Glendenning for Edinburgh’s Lyceum, which showcased his showcased his clever use of plotting and dark humour. (GKV) humour. (GKV)
37 KIRSTY LOGAN HIRE GOALS
Logan’s i rst short story collection tory collection The Rental Heart was shortlisted as shortlisted for the Green Carnation Prize ation Prize and the Saltire Society First ety First Book Prize. It also won the Saboteur oteur Award for Best Short Story Collection, so ection, so we thought we’d join in and shower her wer her with praise too. (RM)
36 THE TWILIGHT SAD TOTAL ECLIPSE
Revealing that they very nearly jacked it in after 2012’s No One Can Can Ever Know, Kilsyth’s i nest thankfully kfully kept it together and recorded Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave, arguably their i nest album yet. They’ll also be at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. (DP)
35 NATASHA GILMORE STEPPING UP
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Artistic director of Barrowland Barrowland Ballet, Gilmore was the driving the driving force behind one of the most the most impressive shows in the Glasgow Empire Empire Café, which Café, which dissected the oft-forgotten dissected the oft-forgotten links between Glasgow and the North links between Glasgow and the North Atlantic slave trade through poetry, art and Atlantic slave trade through poetry art and food. (YS)
2014 Cultural Programme. Featuring 150 singers and dancers, drawn mostly from the local community, The River was both moving and uplifting. (KA)
33 CRY PARROT TAKING FLIGHT
34 THE EMPIRE CAFE TRIANGLE TRADE
Author Louise Welsh and architect Jude Barber were behind one of Festival 2014’s most interesting and important events, The
Cry Parrot’s Fielding Hope may be leaving for London, but he’s been instrumental in nurturing Glasgow’s grassroots music scene, while also promoting numerous international acts. 2014 highlights have included techno maverick Hieroglyphic Being and free jazz legend Joe McPhee (pictured). (SS)