Curtain call for the stars behind scenes
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on August 31, 2008
The Wee Cherub has joined the usual line-up of Bank of Scotland Herald Angel awards as a way of incorporating The Herald Young Critics project which has been run in conjunction with the EIF’s development department since 2003 into the last of the weekly awards ceremonies. It was appropriate, then, for one of the first participants in the scheme to present the awards alongside Sarah Cran, head of sponsorship at the bank.
Further off the beaten track has been the exhibition by Richard Wilson, showing film of his narrative and sculptural work in a garage off Barony Street. Curator Susie Honeyman of the Grey Gallery promised that she would return with more exciting work next year.
Of the world premieres at this year’s International Festival, none was more keenly anticipated than Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray, the hot ticket when the box office opened and now the biggest-selling dance show in the Festival’s history. Bourne collected his Angel for a show which has proved that slick and thought-provoking contemporary dance and a knowing eye on commercial success can combine in the same package.
The week’s Little Devil, and the last of the year, went to Vera Alexander, doyenne of the ushers in Edinburgh, who made time to join the party before working at the King’s for Bourne’s matinee. Vera, who has more than 50 years’ experience in the business, was at her usual post in the Queen’s Hall before last Monday’s chamber music recital when a would-be robber tried to make off with the cloakroom and programme money. Small though she is, Vera fought back, recovering most of the money from the thief, who wisely beat a hasty retreat.
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