Friday 13th May 2011
Leitheatre presents ‘I Am A Camera’ at the Church Hill theatre at 7:30pm tonight. In the words of the The Herald Tribune, the play “looks at life in a tawdry Berlin rooming house of 1930 with a stringently photographic eye”. The play is adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s book of short stories “Berlin Stories” and later, was the inspiration for the hit musical “Cabaret”. Tickets are £9 (£7 concessions).
‘In the Round’ is a special evening of contempory folk and country music with Jill Jackson, Linda McRae and Sandra MacBeth. All three successful songwriters in their own right, they are coming together for a unique shared performance at The Wynd Theatre, Melrose. Tickets available here.
The Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival continues today until Sunday. It offers some of the best theatre in the world, for children and young people. In previous years the Festival has brought up to 15 productions to Edinburgh including theatre, dance and opera from some of the most exciting national and international companies. With shows for all ages, you’ll be over the moon as you discover a wonderful world of surprises!
One show is ‘One Little Word’ (M6 Theatre Company). A beautiful and gentle story of friendship, power struggles and the rich world of creative play. We meet two characters who play together – exploring new space, new objects, dressing up and taking turns – but struggles arise when one of them wants to be the only captain of the ship! This sensitive production contains only ONE spoken word.
Saturday 14th May 2011
Dom Joly is at The Queen’s Hall tonight with his show Welcome to Wherever I am. Tickets here.
A truly hilarious evening with one of the UK’s most innovative comedians. For the last 10 years, since his multi-award winning international TV hit, Trigger Happy TV – Dom Joly has lead the most extraordinary of lives.
In this laugh-out-loud show, Dom talks us through the perils of travelling the world drinking, skiing down volcanoes, holidaying in Chernobyl and North Korea, becoming a paparazzo, trying to fly across the Grand Canyon strapped to an eight foot rocket, turning into Tintin, being arrested in Switzerland while dressed as a yeti, discovering that he was at school with Osama Bin Laden and eating from Gillian McKeith’s pants while imprisoned in the Australian jungle. In this highly original and funny show, Dom attempts to make sense of it all with the aid of some very peculiar holiday snaps.
Piershill Library are having a ‘Magical Morning’ today from 10am to 12pm, as part of the May celebrations by libraries of the centenary of the death of The Great Lafayette.
From 10am to 10.30am Jim will host storytime on the magic rug, then from 10.30am to 11.30am Mick Magic will perform magic tricks. A craft session takes place from 11.30am til 12 noon.
All events are free, and children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Sunday 15th May 2011
Transmission Meditation is a form of group meditation with a focus upon openness and friendliness for novices to the ancient spiritual practice. When practiced regularly meditation can enhance emotional balance, well-being and spiritual growth. Transmission meditation is a combination of two yogas: Karmic Yoga and Laya Yoga and was introduced to the world in 1974 by Benjamin Creme, now there are hundreds of Transmission Meditation groups across the world. Introductory workshops happen once a month, they are free and involve a group meditation. Go along and meet like-minded folk. Tonight 7.30pm to 9.30pm at the Theosophical Society, 28 Great King Street, Edinburgh EH3 6QH. Telephone: 0131 443 9862 Email: newlight@hotmail.co.uk
Glasgow Improviser Orchestra is performing tonight at The Filmhouse. As part of The New Objectivity: Realism in Weimar Cinema season, GIO will accompany the silent films ‘People on Sunday’ and ‘Berlin: Symphony of Great City’. See the filmhouse website for more info and ticket deals.
Guido Henneböhl is a musician and concert organizer based in Berlin, Germany. He has worked with composers like Alwynne Pritchard, Jeremy Woodruff and Carlos Sandoval, and improvisers like Jochen Arbeit, Andre Vida and Brendan Dougherty. Henneböhl has a unique method of developing synthesizer instruments by circuit bending old keyboards and toys, and combining them with self constructed primitive synthesizer elements. The instruments are notable for their wide range of tones and dynamics, and produces stochastic-like musical phrases.
