Tag: culture
Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh digitally features 20 carefully selected films from the island
20, carefully selected, films from a variety of genres have been chosen to be 'shown' digitally at 2020's Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh.
Taiwanese Hokkien-Language Cinema
Taiwanese Hokkien-Language cinema, also called Taiwanese cinema from the literal translation...
Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh offers a unique insight into the island’s cinematography
The producers of Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh are pleased to announce their plans for the first ever, free to access Festival, taking place digitally between 18 and 27 of September at www.taiwanfilmfestival.org.uk. Originally planned...
New online platform – ‘Fringe Marketplace’ – launched to connect industry with professional and...
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society launched 'Fringe Marketplace' today (Tue 11th Aug), a dedicated showcase platform designed to connect arts industry delegates all over the world with professional and tour-ready artists who were programmed...
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo shares touching tribute to audiences near and far
On 7th August 2020, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is paying homage to its incredible audiences, performers and staff on what would have been the show’s opening weekend with a specially created tribute, to...
Golden Ticket Raffle launched by The Pleasance Theatre Trust
The Courtyard doors may be closed this summer but the Pleasance Theatre Trust are already thinking ahead to 2021.
To mark the first day of what would have been the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe, they are...
Guerilla Art at Edinburgh Barracks Launches ‘Army@TheVirtualFringe’
Dame Kelly Holmes, Mark Rowley & Rosie Kay join the Army for three weeks of online performances, screenings, readings and workshops
Guerilla artist Heather Marshall helped launch three weeks of online arts events called 'Army@TheVirtualFringe'.
Among...
Dovecot Studios Edinburgh to host two new exhibitions this August
Featuring the very best of contemporary jewellery and Scottish textiles, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh is hosting two new exhibitions - Dazzle Contemporary Jewellery and CLOTH#20 - this August, alongside world-famous tapestries and the mid-century designs...
‘Modern Masters Women’ – Exhibition to open at The Scottish Gallery
Despite having always been integral to the institution of art, many women artists have found opposition in the narrative of art history, and have continually faced difficulty in gaining recognition.
'Modern Masters Women' at Edinburgh’s...
New exhibition heralds the reopening of Dovecot Studios
Following a period of temporary closure, Dovecot Studios - including the Dovecot Shop - in Edinburgh is reopening to the public from 15 July.
Visitors will be able to visit a new exhibition which had...
Dovecot Studios to launch major fundraising campaign to tell the story of significant Scottish...
Tapestry weaver, innovator and iconoclast, Archie Brennan (1931-2019) was, and is, one of the greatest unrecognised British artists of the twentieth century.
Why unrecognised? Most likely because his medium of choice was tapestry. His incredible...
House of Jack opens new dance studio at Ocean Terminal
An exciting range of street dance classes and workshops has been brought to Ocean Terminal with the opening of a new dance studio by popular Edinburgh Hip Hop dance organisation 'House of Jack'.
The...
‘Classical Edinburgh’ Photography Competition
A fascinating new exhibition at Edinburgh's City Art Centre connects the work of architectural photographers Edwin Smith and Colin McLean whose images, created 50 years apart, celebrate Edinburgh’s world-famous architecture.
An exciting competition,...
Scottish Ballet – The Snow Queen
Scottish Ballet's 50th anniversary year will be brought to a spectacular close this winter with the World premiere of Christopher Hampson's 'The Snow Queen'.
In a year of celebrations for Scotland's national dance company,...
Touching Stitches at the University of Edinburgh Library
A remarkable archive of needlework that lay neglected in a cupboard for 50 years will be displayed at the University of Edinburgh over the next few months.
The historic collection - donated by a renowned...
May Morris – Art and Life
Dovecot Studios are staging a landmark exhibition exploring the life and work of May Morris (1862–1938). The youngest daughter of William Morris (1834–96), she is one the most significant artists of the British Arts...
The House of Jack Christmas Show 2019 (I)
They went, they saw, they had to have thought it was brilliant!
Not being a theatre, dance or any other kind of critic, it was considered that the best way to present the show was...
Gorgie Farm – Boyack calls for answers before new management
The ailing Gorgie City Farm was thrown a lifeline at the weekend as it was revealed that 10 interested parties have expressed interest in taking over the enterprise.
However, the farm is far from...
REVIEW – Edinburgh Studio Opera Gala 2019
Edinburgh Studio Opera is a student opera society within Edinburgh University which serves to nurture Edinburgh’s young opera talent, putting on two main productions a year. Last Saturday’s gala performance by ESO really emphasised...
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 – Day 17, 26th August
Awwww..... My in-boxes have all gone silent....... Oh, well.
So, they thought it was all over... Well, they're all all over. Until next year. Although we are expecting the Christmas and Hogmanay launches soon......
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 – Day 12, 21st Aug
Another day, another raft of authors taking to the grey carpet. Mariella Frostrup has to take the award for the 'Cheeriest Person in the World' as she smiled and laughed her way through the...
EIF 2019 – Oona Doherty Recruits her Sugar Army for ‘Hard to be Soft’...
Aggression. Sensuality. Vulnerability. 'Hard to Be Soft' is a dance prayer about — and for — the people of Belfast.
Created by Belfast-based choreographer and dancer Oona Doherty, with driving music by DJ David...
2019 Sit-up Award Won by ‘Who Cares’
The 2019 SIT-UP Award has been awarded to LUNG and The Lowry in partnership with Gaddum for its production Who Cares currently moving audiences at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
'Who...
Edinburgh Festival 2019 – ‘Hear Word!’ from Nigeria to The Lyceum
'Hear Word!' is Nigerian pidgin English for ‘Listen and Comply’. In this unflinchingly honest performance, ten of Nigeria’s biggest stars of theatre, film and television come together on stage to tell multi-generational stories of...
Edinburgh Festival 2019 – Opera Ventures and Scottish Opera bring ‘Breaking the Waves’ to...
'Breaking the Waves' is a wrenching moral drama about a woman’s twisted bargain with God. Based on Lars von Trier’s controversial film, US composer Missy Mazzoli’s opera won the 2017 Best New Opera Award...
Edinburgh Festival 2019 – Komische Oper Berlin’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ at The Festival Theatre
Eugene Onegin marks the return of Komische Oper Berlin and its Artistic Director Barrie Kosky to the International Festival after their spectacular The Magic Flute in 2015.
Tchaikovsky’s best-loved opera features some of his...
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 – LiT Circus Return to the Fringe with ‘Hotel Paradiso’
Irresistibly colourful, loud and fun show for all the family.
Thrillingly spectacular circus skills, physical comedy, clowning, theatrical storytelling and slapstick combine in this follow up to international hit 'The Hogwallops' from good old...
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 – Lost in Translation Circus demo their Guinness World Record
Two of the Fringe’s leading circus performers from the show Hotel Paradiso set a new Guinness World Record for most somersaults on the Korean Cradle last Saturday.
Prior to the first Fringe performance on Wednesday...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 4, 13th August
Day 4 and a second day in succession at the EIBF. A few more well kent faces this time around. From an Olympic Champion and an MSP to an archaeologist and a physicist. An...
Edinburgh Festival 2019 – ‘Oedipus’ by the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
The modern age. A plague has ravaged Thebes. The oracle believes the city is doomed because the murder of King Laius remains unpunished.
The King’s successor, Oedipus, wants to investigate the horrific crime himself....
