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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo begins
On Thursday night The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo began the run of this year’s Show, Journeys.
Now every night except Sundays there will be a short...
EIF – Mahler’s Fifth Symphony at The Usher Hall
The final collaboration between Sir Mark Elder, CH, CBE, as music director and The Hallé was a triumph.
And it was obviously the place...
EIF – Hensel, Beethoven and Mayer at The Usher Hall
What a delight to hear such uplifting music from a marvellous, female-dominated orchestra, the Kammerorchestra Basel, featuring female composers.
I have seen an ensemble...
Edinburgh International Festival to hold huge new opening event in August
This August Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) will stage a new outdoor large-scale event to open the festival created along with a new Principal Partner,...
Oedipus Rex at the National Museum of Scotland
On Monday night I was part of an experiment in theatre.
Scottish Opera performed Stravinsky’s opera Oedipus Rex in promenade form. The audience and...
Christmas tree on The Mound is ready to be the centre...
The lights were added to the Christmas tree on the Mound today in readiness for next week's big switch on.
The tree has been...
Edinburgh International Festival – Opening Event : Where to Begin
Edinburgh International Festival’s Opening Event: Where to Begin, will light up the grounds of George Heriot’s in the heart of the Scottish capital on...
Beltane Fire Festival makes a spectacular 2022 return as a live...
A dynamic reinterpretation of an ancient Celtic celebration of the return of summer, Beltane Fire Festival is centred around the story of the May...
North Edinburgh Community Festival – a ray of sunshine
This was the third year of the North Edinburgh Community Festival - free family friendly fun in West Pilton Park - and it was...
Assembly has £5 tickets for locals online now
Locals in Edinburgh are eligible for £5 tickets for Assembly Festival shows this August.
Anyone living in Edinburgh and Lothians, Falkirk and Fife with...
Edinburgh International Festival – tickets for opening event will be on...
A new free event has been devised to open the Edinburgh International Festival this year in partnership with the 200-year-old The Macallan.
Opening Event:...
Tradfest: The Story of Scotland’s Creation
The audience at this Tradfest event learned how Scotland came to be formed in the new telling of the 3,000 year old myth of...
EIF – Verdi’s Requiem at The Usher Hall
The Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of their Principal Conductor, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, magnificently provided the music for Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem.
Of course, the stunning...
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo – the final weekend
As the 2024 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo draws to a close, the cast are set to wow audiences for the final Journeys performances with...
EIF – Opening Concert: La Pasión Según San Marcos
The tag line for this year’s Edinburgh International Festival is ‘Rituals that Unite Us’. So, this opening concert at Usher Hall (there is another...
EIF – Cosi Fan Tutti at The Usher Hall
Opera is best when fully staged, but the expense of such productions means that it is becoming increasingly difficult to manage more than a...
Edinburgh’s Christmas attracts more than two million visitors
The new production company UniqueAssembly which had bid successfully to run the events at Hogmanay suddenly found itself also delivering all the Christmas events...
EIFF – full programme now online and tickets go on sale...
The full programme for this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival which runs from 15 to 21 August 2024 is published online.
Complementing the Opening...
RICO – the Richard Demarco story – a reminder of his...
From growing up in wartime Scotland and the fledgling years of the Edinburgh Festival to becoming Scotland’s greatest ambassador for visual and performance art,...
EIF – Opening Event – Where To Begin
The grounds of George Heriot's School are not normally accessible to members of the public, so it was a novel experience for some in...
Hidden Doors Days 2023 – Outer Spaces on Henderson Row
The annual Doors Open Days offer public access to buildings which are not usually accessible. It can be a great treat to explore places...
Torchlight Procession is back for 2024
The Torchlight Procession will take place this year at the beginning of the four day long Edinburgh's Hogmanay festivities.
The event on 29 December...
Gabriel Byrne begins a five night run at the King’s in...
Walking with Ghosts is adapted from Gabriel Byrne's best-selling 2020 memoir of the same name, and it follows the actor from his childhood in Ireland...
New director appointed to Edinburgh Science Festival
Edinburgh Science Festival has announced that it has appointed a new director to take over after the retiral of Dr Simon Gage after 34...
Sea Rising Portobello will feature the impact of rising sea levels
Sea Rising Festival in Portobello will take place on 22 June on the prom and beach featuring music and highlighting environmental issues.
Grassroots community...
Youngest performer at the Tattoo travelled from Australia
The youngest performer in this year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has said playing the bagpipes in the world famous event was "the most extraordinary...
Leith Festival – some photos
Leith Festival is a big week running until 16 June when the community tattoo will take place at Malmaison Plaza.
The Gala Day took place...
Director of Edinburgh Science to step down
Dr Simon Gage, OBE who has been involved with Edinburgh Science for three decades, and 29 of those as the CEO and Director, is...
EIFF – EMO The Musical (2016) 94 mins ***
Ok, going to be upfront here. This reviewer is so un-down-with-the-kids she had to google EMO. For those similarly clueless it is short for...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 – Myra’s Story ★★★★
“Don’t let the beast get you” Myra’s father warns from his death bed.
The beast being permanently “on the gargle” and the sickness that...
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