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Post by betinad on Jul 31, 2009 17:48:23 GMT -5
Does he play the piano?
I need to find reasons not to like him soooo much...... this kind of news doesn't help ;D
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Post by singer201 on Jul 31, 2009 18:51:28 GMT -5
And with what a voice! There was definitely natural talent and some time spent in voice lessons developing that singing voice. Loved listening to him in TT.
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Post by marcy on Jul 31, 2009 20:13:16 GMT -5
Does he play the piano? I need to find reasons not to like him soooo much...... this kind of news doesn't help ;D Good luck with that Betina...I have yet to find anything he can't do. Hey Betina, how's the heat up there. My Redmond friend says 107! WTH??
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Post by betinad on Jul 31, 2009 22:04:43 GMT -5
hi Marcy! yes, the whole Seattle are suddently became hell's door this week! Here at Redmond it was 107 on Wednesday, 104 yesterday... a nice 88 today It was difficult for a lot of people, as most houses don't have A/C. Fortunately I spent most of the day at the office (at some point we were seriously considering camping there ) , nights were tough. it looks like we will have a warmer weekend (more than 90 is the forecast) , but cooling down for next week! thanks for asking!!!! Betina
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Post by Leanne on Aug 1, 2009 0:49:47 GMT -5
Does he play the piano? I need to find reasons not to like him soooo much...... this kind of news doesn't help ;D I know he plays guitar. Guitar and Piano and not far removed so normally if you do one you can get your head around the other one.....
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Post by Geniusmentis on Aug 1, 2009 3:23:00 GMT -5
Yes, I knew he plays guitar, but not the piano. Yes, it's difficult to find reasons not to love him! Yes Yes Yes!!!!!!!LOL
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Post by Leanne on Aug 6, 2009 8:07:51 GMT -5
This one is for Genius something from Scotland
Thousands Watch Film Star Turn on Lossiemouth's Festive Season Lights
HAZEL LAWSON
Thousands of fans lined the streets of Lossiemouth on Saturday to see film star Kevin McKidd switch on the town's Christmas lights.
The Elgin-born actor, who has starred in films including Trainspotting and Dog Soldiers, has recently completed filming in Tomintoul for his new movie The Bum's Rush.
Kevin said he was overwhelmed by the response of the crowd as admirers waved and blew kisses as he officially turned on the lights.
He said: "It's really nice to be asked to do this.
"I just finished filming in Tomintoul and I'm travelling down to Glasgow now, so this has fitted in well."
After a slight delay, prompting Kevin to ask someone to put 50p in the electric meter, the lights illuminated Lossiemouth's main thoroughfare, kicking off the festive celebrations.
Chairman of the Lossiemouth Millennium Association Michael Burns said the group had raised £70,000 over the past three years, enabling the Christmas lights to be extended for about a mile along Clifton Road.
It is the third time the coastal town has welcomed a celebrity to begin its Christmas festivities. Last year, Australian soap star Jansen Spencer, who played Paul McClain in Neighbours, attended the event, while Scottish actor Ewan McGregor, whose brother, Colin, is serving at RAF Lossiemouth, performed the honours.
The pipes and drums of 2622 Highland Squadron heralded Kevin's arrival and played him along the esplanade in an open-topped bus.
There was also a fairground, fireworks, street entertainers and more than 20 stalls.
Kevin will begin working on a new film of Greyfriars' Bobby in January and will appear on television screens next year in the BBC drama The Key, which focuses on political and social change in Glasgow during the past century.
There was also a blaze of Christmas colour in Forres and Elgin on Saturday, when hundreds turned out for their lights switch-on. Schoolboy Andrew Jackson, 11, of East End Primary was the envy of his schoolmates as he lit up the centre of Elgin.
This year's event was to have taken place on November 23, but preparations were delayed because of the floods which hit Elgin the weekend before.
Press and Journal 2 December 2002
PS I never found any refference to Kevin actually doing the Greyfriars' Bobby movie... Bums rush of course is One Last Chance.
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Post by Geniusmentis on Aug 6, 2009 8:41:24 GMT -5
Thank you!!! Cool!
Phew, I was thinking that I had to look for The Bum's Rush immediately! LOL Luckily, I have already seen One Last Chance!!!
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Post by Leanne on Aug 14, 2009 3:29:52 GMT -5
When life imitates art
By Staff Reporter
He's not a vain man, but Trainspotting star Kevin McKidd, below, would like to say a big 'thank-you' to the make-up department on his new series North Square forperforming miracles every morning.
"They would take one look at me at 6am and say, 'Oh,my god Kevin what are we going to do with you?' But somehow they managed to make me look human for the camera."
The reason the blond, good-looking actor was having problems with his appearance was because of the arrival of his first son, Joseph George McKidd.
The Scots star couldn't escape babies this summer as in North Square he plays Billy Guthrie, a barrister, whose partner Rose is heavily pregnant as the series opens. There is a touch-and-go car chase to the hospital as she goes into labour.
"It wasn't quite that dramatic with Jane, but North Square is set in Leeds and so we had a cottage up in the hills while I was working there. There was a bit of a mad car journey when I heard Jane was in labour.
His face lights up when he talks about his son and becoming a parent has radically changed his outlook on life.
"I feel as though I have suddenly become part of the human race," he explains. "Before that you've been this kind of alien. If you're on your own, then you are just on your own and that's it. But, by having your own child, you are handing on the baton.
"You do leave the planet for the first few months though," he admits with a laugh.
"That's why I could totally identify with Billy and what he has to go through".
North Square, Channel 4, Wednesdays, 9pm
Irish News 23 October 2000
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Post by singer201 on Aug 14, 2009 14:27:18 GMT -5
I loved North Square, and Kevin's interaction with the baby was part of the fun of the series.
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Post by Geniusmentis on Aug 16, 2009 11:50:17 GMT -5
LOL, poor dad Kevin!
Yes, I love the sweet dad Billy!
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Post by Leanne on Aug 25, 2009 12:13:33 GMT -5
Whisky Galore remake dies amid controversy Whisky Galore is a classic Scottish film from 1949 which had joined the ever extending remake list. This time it was to be treated with respect, made all Scottish, and had a £10million budget. However word is out that the remake has fallen flat on its face, the official word is financing, however the inside word is something very different. The BAFTA winning scriptwriter, Peter McDougall, has spoken out, and it wasn't about financing at all. McDougall was the scriptwriter on the project and also a producer, and despite the official word from the Producers that financing and tax issues were the problem, he denies this saying that the funds were already in place and points firmly at the anti-Scottish casting. From The Scotsman... ...the film was halted because his fellow film-makers snubbed some of Scotland's leading actors in favour of a fruitless pursuit of English stars such as Ricky Gervais... ...He said he was particularly alarmed when he saw an early version of the cast list. "There were five Sirs on it... and there wasn't a single f***ing Scottish actor," He says that his personal friend Robbie Coltrane was interested in starring and had already approached him. Brian Cox (the original Hannibal Lecter), Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty) and Kevin McKidd (Dog Soldiers) were also possibles and had pointed to specific roles. Yet the other Producers were firmly focussed on Hollywood and English stars."They had access to all these people and somehow they came up with Ricky Gervais and Steve Coogan. They were going to have him [Gervais] as Captain Waggett and I said 'Why?' They said: 'Oh, he's big in America.'" The other Producers, a financial expert and IT expert, claim that it's all down to the delayed tax credit system becoming law in the UK. For those of you who don't know the original tale... The original film was shot on Barra in 1948 and starred a host of Scottish stars, including James Robertson Justice, Duncan Macrae and Gordon Jackson, with Basil Radford as the officious English Home Guard captain Waggett. The film follows the attempts by the residents of the fictional island of Todday to retrieve a cargo of whisky from the SS Cabinet Minister after it runs aground. It was based on a novel by Compton Mackenzie, which in turn was inspired by the wreck of the SS Politician off Eriskay in 1941. Whatever the reason, if the case really was that they were looking to sign English actors for Scottish roles, then I'm glad it's dead. What's the point in making a traditional Scottish story, in Scotland, and then replacing all the Scottish roles with other nationalities? It's a traditionally Scottish tale and makes no sense. (July 2006) filmstalker.co.uk such a pity this would have been great
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Post by kaz on Aug 25, 2009 20:02:57 GMT -5
That cast would have been great.
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Post by Leanne on Aug 26, 2009 8:59:48 GMT -5
2007 beanstalkbiz.blogspot.comSecond Annual Night of Spirits Raises Money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Kudos to the celebs who attended the Second Annual "Night of Spirits" party on June 2nd at the home of producer Randy Simon in Beverly Hills. This event raised more than $20,000 to be devoted to providing diagnostic and treatment services to the more than 6000 MDA families in the Southern California area, as well as supporting research projects which seek a final cure. Philanthropic Celebrity Guests: Bre Blair (What About Brian), PJ Byrne (Charlie Wilson's War, The Game, Viva Laughlin), Mick Davis ( Writer and Director of Modigliani) Peter Dills (Food Critic), Greg Evigan (My Two Dads, Desperate Housewives), Vanessa Evigan (Holiday in Handcuffs), Beau Garrett (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer), Brentley Gore (Eye Electric, Parental Guidance Suggested), John Hensley (Nip/Tuck), Kyle Howard (My Boys, Parental Guidance Suggested), Tara Lipinski (7thHeaven), Kevin McKidd (Rome), Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite), Randy Simon (Producer of Requim for a Dream) and John Singleton (Director of Four Brothers) The “spirited” crowd was entertained by live performances by Eye Electric and After Midnight Project. Food was sponsored by: California Pizza Kitchen, Cha Cha Cha, Il Moro, Picnic, and Tokyo Table, and drinks were sponsored by: Anheuser—Busch, Cadbury-Schweppes,Coca-Cola, Ginger Elixir, Gran Centenario, St. Germain, Stoli Vodka, Tevado Tequila, Tuaca Liquore, and Youngs Market and were served by Beautiful Bartenders.
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Post by Leanne on Sept 11, 2009 7:51:29 GMT -5
Sunday April 29, 2007 Meet McKidd Here’s one of the leading men of Rome and Rome II, who’s relieved he has got fewer sex scenes in the series than his co-stars. starmag-feedback@thestar.com.my I’M not very interesting,” Kevin McKidd insists. I don’t believe him, of course. But the 33-year-old Scottish actor, known for his role as the honourable Roman soldier Lucius Vorenus in the HBO-BBC series Rome, says that he was a shy, tongue-tied kid who stumbled onto acting because he discovered that he could express himself better as an actor. Furthermore, he doesn’t think it is an actor’s job to make people interested in them. “I am not an actor because I want to be a celebrity,” he says in a light Scottish accent. McKidd, who looks decidedly more casual in jeans and white shirt than the very proper Vorenus, is in HBO Asia’s offices in Singapore to promote the second season of Rome, which premieres on regional television next week. (The actor met with the media last Tuesday.) Thanks to Vorenus’ intimidating presence, one tends to think that McKidd is as intense as the stern soldier. But in real life, McKidd is a light-hearted and talkative fellow whose “vice” is that he’s a bit of a gadget freak. The unpretentious and down-to-earth actor, together with his beautiful, publicity-shy wife, gamely joins us reporters for a pottery-making session at Boon’s Pottery and later for a noisy dinner at Brown Sugar, a fusion restaurant in River Valley Road. Stardom has not quite swelled his head. “I live a very quiet life, really,” he says. (He makes his home in a cottage in the English countryside with his wife and two children – one aged seven, and the other is five.) He claims that his role in Rome hasn’t changed his personal life much, even though the powers that be behind American television are very interested in his leading man potential (see Rome leads to roles). Interestingly, McKidd nearly didn’t become Vorenus because he had turned it down when it was first offered to him. “I thought: ‘American TV show? Nah,’” he says. Back then, he had been doing lots of independent cinema in Europe, and didn’t know what it meant to star in a HBO original series because the cable channel was not available in Britain. Plus, he didn’t realise that it would be broadcast internationally. If not for his agent, who asked him to reconsider, we may have a very different Vorenus! “If you look at Rome, it’s a very high-class, high-end soap opera. And I think that’s what keeps people watching. “Coming from the film world, I used to be snobby about it, but I came to realise that I was in denial. It is a soap opera.” And a good one, mind you. Roman adventure For 179 days in 2006, McKidd had to wake up at 5.30am to get to Cinecittà Studios (in Rome, Italy) to shoot the second season of Rome. Considering that an average 22-episode series takes 160 to 180 days of production, it was certainly a mammoth task to make the 10 episodes of Rome II. The actor recalled working 14-hour (or more) days that often included strenuous battle scenes. “It’s a boy’s dream come true to ride horses and swing swords, so I will try not to complain,” he says with a chuckle. “Now, Ray (Stevenson, who portrays Titus Pullo) is a terrible complainer,” he adds cheekily. The actors had to wear actual chain mail – no plastic ones for them – because the producers wanted the costumes to be as realistic as possible. “Wearing them for 14 hours was like you’d been in the gym for four hours. Which was great!” he says, laughing. However, standing around for 14 hours in heavy chain mail didn’t do favours for their feet. The actors absolutely hated the leather sandals they had on because the soles were only half an inch (slightly over 1cm) thick. “They were agony. Your arches were dropping. And we thought, ‘Why can’t we get Birkenstocks?’ My kingdom for a decent pair of sandals!” he says in jest. Eventually, they managed to convince the producers to tone down the realism a notch to allow them to wear leather sandals with proper arch support! Besides its attention to detail, Rome is also famous for pushing the envelope with its brutal battles and steamy love scenes. The producers argue that they needed to portray an era where such debauchery was commonplace and an accepted part of life. Love scenes are never easy for the actors to act out, admits McKidd. He feels especially sorry for James Purefoy, who plays the womanising Mark Antony. “Poor James. At one point he said, ‘I’m so sick of having to take my f***ing clothes off every episode!’” McKidd had fewer sex scenes only because his character is a principled man who is loyal to his wife. “Those scenes are awkward for an actor to do. There’s not one actor I’ve met – male or female – who has said that they enjoy steamy scenes,” says McKidd. “They’re embarrassing; you’ve got lights, you’re worried about the way you look ... yuck,” he says, making a face. “I think I got off lucky,” he chuckles. A dark turn But while being Vorenus was fun, McKidd was always aware of the heavy responsibility he had as the lead actor of an expensive production. “That was quite scary, but it made you stronger in the long run. Now, there’s not much to faze me in this career,” he says. In Season One, McKidd was very hands-on, and even contributed to the writing process. But it was taking a toll on him after a while. “It was exhausting, and I wasn’t enjoying myself. And I made a note to myself that I wasn’t going to do that in Season Two, but to focus on my acting.” Just as well he did for Vorenus was slated to undergo a massive personality change in the second season. “Vorenus is the kind of man who, no matter what happens, will stick to his principles. It can get frustrating after a while. I had been desperate for him to do something a bit more out of control and out of character,” he says. He got his wish in Season Two; Vorenus is going to a dark place. “Vorenus has lost everything in his life and because he has nothing to live for he has a certain power he hasn’t had before ... he’s released from himself,” says McKidd. To prepare himself for a darker Vorenus, McKidd watched Asian films like the South Korean movie Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, the crime thriller directed by Park Chan-wook. “Vorenus wants to die in some bloody battlefield, and because he has no fear of death he becomes strangely invincible and unkillable,” he says. And that means lots of physically-demanding battles such as the fight between Vorenus and his best pal Titus. “It was hard, sweaty work for three days in a dark studio, knocking lumps at each other,” he says. “Ray damaged his thumb. He’s quite accident-prone,” he says, laughing. (Stevenson also fell off his horse thrice and dislocated his shoulder during filming.) There were also many more emotionally-draining scenes such as the one that involved Vorenus’ children. “I have children ... and the idea of playing a scene about young children under your care that you allowed to fall into abuse ... the kind of guilt that a parent will feel ... the horrible emotions that you have to go through. That was hard. I know how visceral that emotion would be,” he says. “There were some days it was almost as if I had given myself a headache because of the level of intensity I had to get to. In real life I’m light-hearted generally, so to get to that place, that kind of intensity, was exhausting,” he relates. Ironically, after being released from the straitjacket of Vorenus’ principles, McKidd finds that he prefers the Vorenus of Season One. “He had that innocence that is stripped from him in Season Two. In a way, he was naive, that was one of his faults, but he had ideals he hoped he could live up to. It’s very sad, but you have to open his eyes to the truth so that he becomes less ideal (sic),” he says. When executive producer Bruno Heller told McKidd that there wouldn’t be a third season, the latter was naturally sad. “Bruno said, ‘The great thing about this is that they’ve given us 10 episodes and now I can put three seasons worth of storylines all in one intense, 10-episode, kick-a*** season.’ “But it’s much more punchy because we know we have only one season to tell everything,” McKidd says www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/29/tvnradio/17566180&sec=tvnradio
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Post by ladyvi on Sept 11, 2009 8:23:24 GMT -5
"I’M not very interesting,” Kevin McKidd insists. I don’t believe him, of course."
I don't believe him either! Thank you for posting this great article.
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Post by Geniusmentis on Sept 11, 2009 8:32:34 GMT -5
A very beautiful article. I didn't know that he even contributed to the writing process. Actually we know why Vorenus is so different in the second season, .... but after so many tragedies...
Kevin is great as always!!
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Post by Leanne on May 19, 2010 9:21:53 GMT -5
From 2002 Birlin' into the wee small hours The widow of 7:84 Theatre Company founder John McGrath is throwing a huge party for him - and Edinburgh will never have seen anything like it. Jackie McGlone reports Jackie McGlone Share 0 comments 17 May 2002 THE weighty blanket of grief still shrouds Elizabeth MacLennan's days and nights. It's only a few short months since her husband and lover and comrade in arms, the radical thinker, author, and playwright John McGrath, died, but here she is preparing to celebrate her man's life and work with one hell of a party. It's the fulfilment of a promise she made after a form of leukaemia cruelly robbed us of McGrath's generous spirit and brilliantly passionate intellect at the tragically early age of 66 last January. The day after McGrath's death in London we were talking on the phone and MacLennan said softly, her gentle voice full of tears: ''I am going to come home and throw a huge party for John - and it'll be a party the like of which Edinburgh's never seen.'' The McGraths were justifiably famous for their ceilidhs - both on stage and off - so it's fitting that A Good Night Out, in memory of the man who dramatically changed the face of British theatre forever, in Edinburgh this weekend, should take the form of a carnival. The damson-haired, beautiful Glasgow-born actress and writer, for whom McGrath created so many memorable roles, and their 22-year-old daughter, Kate, have put together an evening of songs, poems, short speeches, and scenes from his many plays, plus clips from his film and TV productions - to be followed by a ceilidh and dancing. The performers, who will be birlin' into the wee small hours, include some of McGrath's closest friends and colleagues. Many are famous names and faces, who remember the tall, handsome, leonine founder of the 7:84 Theatre Company with enormous affection for his huge talent, the limitless depths of his humanity, and for giving them a start in the business. They range from the film and stage actor Jonathan Pryce (who is about to finish a long run in the National Theatre's West End production of My Fair Lady), to Trainspotting's Kevin McKidd, as well as Stephen Rae, Gerda Stevenson, and Catherine-Ann MacPhee. John Bett and Bill Paterson, who were both in the original production of The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, will be there, too. There are many others too numerous to mention here, but MacLennan agrees: ''It's quite a line-up!'' She will, of course, also be appearing, singing in the chorus, holding the song sheets - ''and I might just flit by with some curlers in my hair''. The couple were life-long collaborators, producing not only two sons, Finn and Danny, and their daughter, but a whole raft of fine work together. Just two days before he died, she sat at his bedside in London watching him correct the final proofs of his last book, the acclaimed Naked Thoughts, which was published last month. Twenty-four hours before his death, MacLennan wrote the chronology of her husband's work for the index of that book. When she sees his achievements listed, yes, she mourns the extinguishing of a bright talent, but she is also filled with gratitude that he brought so much joy to so many, that he could so effortlessly make audiences laugh as well as think. ''In the wake of John's death, we all have a lot of reasons to be sad - and none more so than me - but A Good Night Out is not going to be a sentimental occasion and it most definitely will not be sombre or melancholy. It'll be a great big show, with lots of fun, the sort of evening that he hopefully would have been immensely proud of,'' says MacLennan, who is looking as striking as ever after a six-day break in Greece, from which she has returned tanned and rested. ''I was exhausted because I have literally been going flat out since John died,'' she admits. There was the book to get out, A Good Night Out to devise and organise, and then she and her daughter decided to stage a full production of his final play, HyperLynx, first seen in a rehearsed reading at the Edinburgh Fringe last year. He wrote the one-hour, one-act play especially for his wife and she will appear in the Floodtide version. HyperLynx was performed last year alongside a new piece by MacLennan herself, Wild Raspberries. The two will play at the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow later this month. The Floodtide company was started by Kate McGrath and a group of like-minded, fellow students at Cambridge University (from which she gained a first class honours degree last year). ''I like their work,'' says MacLennan, who has been a devoted fan since their earliest appearances on the Edinburgh Fringe several years ago. ''I'm interested in what they stand for and, above all, I admire their commitment, as did John. I find Kate, as a director, is completely without ego, which is very refreshing.'' Both plays will run at the Pleasance during the Edinburgh Fringe in August. Kate McGrath will direct HyperLynx, which her father re-wrote in November in light of the events of September 11 in New York. ''It's an extraordinary piece, written with enormous clarity like all John's work,'' says MacLennan, adding that despite being finished months before the attacks on the World Trade Centre, it uncannily prefigures the atrocity. The first version, which in that rehearsed reading revealed that McGrath had lost none of his anger or his burning desire to make the political personal, was written while he was hospitalised last summer. Sitting by his bed for hours on end, MacLennan wrote her play, Wild Raspberries, a deeply-felt story about ageing, told through the voices of three women. Hospital staff were forever asking: ''Do you two never stop writing and reading, reading and writing?'' Of course the answer was in the negative. ''The doctors and nurses didn't know what to make of us. We were either writing or talking. We never stopped communicating with each other, as well as with our audiences.'' As MacLennan points out, she and McGrath started talking more than 40 years ago when she was still a student at Oxford University. ''I was 20 when I first had a conversation with John - and I'm not about to stop now. Just because I've been deprived of his company I feel I shouldn't be deprived of his words. I find great comfort in them. I intend to go reading and performing them as long as I can because it's my way of talking to him. In fact, while I've been rehearsing HyperLynx, once or twice I've said out loud, ''Now, John, what exactly did you mean there? Can you just elucidate that wee sentence for me?'' Usually, she knows the answer before she asks the question, because they were always each other's sounding board when making new work. She has, of course, many wonderful memories to draw on of the lifetime she and McGrath lived, loved, and laughed together. Even when he was so stoically fighting the illness that killed him he was irrepressible, enjoying every moment of his life. They spent Hogmanay, 2001, for instance, dancing in the streets together. ''I'll never forget that,'' says MacLennan, laughing happily at the recollection. They also shared a marvellous Fringe last August. Looking like a tired, balding eagle, McGrath was stooped and weary after a spell in hospital, but he saw dozens of shows. I went to one production, The King Lear Project, with them at which the three of us were the only audience members. ''Wasn't that fun!'' recalls MacLennan. ''How John laughed - it was such an archetypal Fringe experience.'' At the Traverse, McGrath, patently weakened physically by his illness, spoke fluently and movingly in a debate with Scotland's young theatrical turks about how class still defines the ways in which theatre is perceived. ''Oh, that was quite a day!'' says MacLennan. ''You could just see them all thinking, 'Oh no, it's the old lion himself!' as he walked in. But didn't he just make them sit up and listen!'' One thing is guaranteed - audiences for A Good Night Out, the proceeds of which go to leukaemia research in Scotland, will also sit up and listen - and they'll almost certainly go away with a song in their hearts. Looking back through his work to compile the show, MacLennan was struck by the extent to which music and lyrics were so central to his artistic endeavours. She hopes that the rising young star Kevin McKidd - who like many others got his first stage role with 7:84 - will sing a number from one of McGrath's great unperformed works, the musical Greenbreeks, about the young Sir Walter Scott and his uneasy relationship with the Edinburgh establishment. ''It will be the first time it's ever been performed in public,'' says MacLennan, adding that a truly lasting memorial for her beloved husband would be a full-blown production of the work. ''I think what Greenbreeks - and all John's other work - proves is that he never wasted a minute of his life, and I'm most certainly not going to waste a second of what's left of mine.'' A Good Night Out is at the Assembly Rooms, George Street, Edinburgh, on Sunday. Tickets (pounds) 10, concessions (pounds) 5. Telephone 0131 220 4349. Wild Raspberries is at the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, May 28 and 29; HyperLynx, May 30 and June 1. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/birlin-into-the-wee-small-hours-the-widow-of-7-84-theatre-company-founder-john-mcgrath-is-throwing-a-huge-party-for-him-and-edinburgh-will-never-have-seen-anything-like-it-jackie-mcglone-reports-1.150054
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Post by Leanne on Jun 18, 2010 1:58:54 GMT -5
jesscet.blogspot.com/2007/04/more-leisure-than-work.htmljust a snip from the post .... More Leisure than Work DAY 2 It's the official `work day'. We spent almost the whole day at the HBO Asia headquarter - previewing more of Rome 2 and interviewed the lead actor. And we got a tour of the very hi-tech office! And the recreation room was cool too - besides a theatre system with karaoke, there is a pool table, darts and lots of cosy and comfy sofas to relax in. After the group interview which went pretty well, it was photograph time with the `star'! Here is the Malaysian gang again with Kevin McKidd, who is a really chatty and affable chap - quite a contrast to the dark and stern character Vorenus he played in ROME. And we also took personal pix with him of course.. So work is officially finished! Just like in Chiang Mai when we had a fun cook-out competition, the HBO people had put some thoughts into our group activity - we were taken to do pottery! It was pretty fun and the first time for many. We were taught the basic technique of pinching a bowl - although all our bowls turend out to be different shape and sizes.. And yep, we even tried to do it on the rotating table ala Ghost. Oh, Kevin McKidd and his wife Jane also joined us in the pottery session, and also for dinner after that! It was makan-time again after this. Again, we were treated to another fine dining - a four course Western dinner at a cosy restaurant at Brown Sugar, River Valley Road. We had nice free-flowing white wine that Kevin McKidd recommended! I had to leave a little earlier to go to a friend's place off Orchard Road, but not before I ate the absolutely delicious Molten Chocolate Cake with warm and moist filling.. I had planned to just take a few bite but ended up eating the whole thing.. yumm. Was really glad I managed to get hold of Su Yin on the day itself as she just got back from Perth! I had stayed with her a few times in my past visits to Singapore but haven't seen her for two years and not since she gave birth to her baby daughter! But when I reached her place, all her kids were fast asleep already. We spent about an hour plus chatting as she attempted to feed me cakes and ice-cream! And before they sent me back to the hotel, I made sure I got a pix of us!
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Post by Geniusmentis on Jun 18, 2010 7:44:07 GMT -5
Here is really a strawberry blond as he usually defines himself. ;D
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