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Cannes 2012: Terence Davies to shoot Deyn and MullanWednesday, 16 May 2012It has been announced in Cannes that Terence Davies’s next film will star Peter Mullan and the model turned actress Agyness Deyn.Sunset Song is based on the 1932 novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Set in the early 20th century on a farm in the far north... Read more... |
Darcey Bussell becomes President - but will she be vocal?Tuesday, 15 May 2012The former Royal Ballet star Darcey Bussell has been elected President of the Royal Academy of Dance, bringing a fresh new face to one of the iconic honorary posts in British ballet. While it's not clear how vocal she will be prepared to be on... Read more... |
24 hours to cast your vote for Scottish Album of the YearMonday, 14 May 2012The hunt is on to find the Scottish Album of the Year, with the 20 longlisted albums for the SAY Award now open to public vote for 24 hours ahead of the shortlist being published on Thursday.You can vote via the SAY Awards website or the awards... Read more... |
Half of a Yellow Sun to be filmedMonday, 14 May 2012The award-winning novel Half of a Yellow Son by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is to be turned into a film. Shooting has just begun in Nigeria, where the director is Nigerian theatre director, playwright and novelist Biyi Bandele, who has also adapted the... Read more... |
Sylvie Guillem awarded Venice's Golden LionSunday, 13 May 2012The dancer Sylvie Guillem has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by the 8th International Festival of Contemporary Dance in Venice. The ballerina, the longtime superstar of the Royal Ballet after her rise to glory at Nureyev's... Read more... |
New Artistic Director at Royal CourtFriday, 11 May 2012The National Theatre of Scotland has announced that their Artistic Director, Vicky Featherstone, has accepted the post of Artistic Director with the Royal Court Theatre in London. She will start her new position, taking over from Dominic Cooke, in... Read more... |
Big names for Richard Ayoade's next filmFriday, 11 May 2012Richard Ayoade’s first feature as a director was the warmly received adaptation of Joe Dunthorne’s debut novel Submarine. For his next outing, he has kept some of the elements from the first film: principally, the actors Yasmin Paige and Noah Taylor... Read more... |
Somerset House al fresco films announcedFriday, 11 May 2012Drive-in cinema doesn’t exist in the UK, but the opportunity to see films al fresco will once more be open to movie-goers this summer when Film4 SummerScreen returns to Somerset House for 12 nights in August. Films shown on the giant 17 x 8 metre... Read more... |
Unsigned acts announced for T in the Park festivalFriday, 11 May 2012The 16 unsigned acts who have been given the chance to perform at Scotland's largest festival, T in the Park, have been announced.The T-Break Stage, which has been running since 1996, launched the careers of acts including Paolo Nutini, Biffy Clyro... Read more... |
Captain Scott's Antarctic DJ Mix Finally ReleasedWednesday, 09 May 2012One of the lesser known facts about Captain Scott's doomed 1910-1912 expedition to the South Pole was that the Gramophone Company (later renamed EMI) gave them two His Master's Voice record players and hundreds of 78 RPM 10" records to take with... Read more... |
Derek goes to a full series, Rev takes a breakWednesday, 09 May 2012Channel 4 has announced it has commissioned a full series of Ricky Gervais's comedy-drama Derek, about an autograph-hunting care-home worker. Last month's pilot drew 3.2 million viewers and the first series will be broadcast in 2013. The pilot drew... Read more... |
Winners announced for RPS Music AwardsTuesday, 08 May 2012The Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards were presented this evening at the Dorchester Hotel. It was a good night for Italian giants. Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini were among the winners on a night, in which Mitsuko Uchida was awarded the... Read more... |
