Tag: culture

And, we're off! Or, at least, we are. The EIBF kicked off on Saturday, but, hey, there's only one of me....And it was the usual fair. An extra and two no shows. At least...

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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...

The writer leads his followers towards the end of this world and the start of a new one. The book he’s written predicts it all — the equations, the black hole, all the words...

Physically exhilarating and touchingly poignant, 'Knot' is the internationally acclaimed circus and dance work by Nikki Rummer and JD Broussé.These talented performers use hand-to-hand circus skills to tell the tale of an impossible...

In this adrenaline-fuelled explosion of extreme urban sports, breakdance, music and theatre, ISH Dance Collective create breathtaking poetry in every single moment.Elements of Freestyle is about those redeeming seconds that make a complicated...

Acrobats from Australian troupe Company2’s Fight Night-inspired, Edinburgh Fringe circus show 'Le Coup' got into the zone for their Edinburgh Fringe run with a boxing masterclass by the head coach and some of the...

Walter the Wanderer is everything a children's illustrated book could ask for and it will be launched in Edinburgh on 12th August at Edinburgh University.Author, Pavle Sabic, has teamed up with World Record holding...

The Pleasance held their opening Gala today to introduce some of the performers from this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival who will be appearing at the venue throughout the next couple of weeks.It...

Kate Grenville’s The Secret River is widely considered to be one of the most important Australian novels of the 21st century. Playwright Andrew Bovell has transformed the novel into a deeply moving, unflinching journey...

Danny MacAskill’s Drop & Roll Live is a main highlight of this year’s Underbelly Circus Hub programme and is set to astound Big Top audiences like never before.After five years touring the world,...

Peter Gynt is a provocative, raucous reboot of Ibsen’s epic verse play, created by David Hare and directed by Jonathan Kent, in a major co-production with National Theatre of Great Britain.Scottish star James McArdle...

This Fringe, prepare to be transported to a dystopian fair ground at the end of the world where acrobatic chaos reigns supreme.Let Finnish circus superstars Race Horse Company be your guide in a...

Irish live performance company, 'One Two, One Two', is making its debut at Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer with its award-winning theatre show 'Everything I Do'.Based on personal material, 'Everything I Do',...

A high-octane spree of physical virtuosity, Backbone tests the limits of strength: physical, emotional, individual and collective.Staged with a deceptively DIY aesthetic and dispensing of trickery and distraction, this is circus that goes...

A white room. White walls. Eight performers. Machine de Cirque make their UK debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with La Galerie. A piece that changes so rapidly and completely that the theatre looks...

International award-winning smash hit 'Bromance' is back!Five-star circus about camaraderie and affection.Audacious, touching, exhilarating tour-de-force of physical heroics where handshakes become handstands and backslaps become backflips.Among the UK's hottest circus companies, Barely...

Pioneering choreographer Helen Pickett unleashes the full emotional force of Miller’s gripping, and still fearsomely relevant, drama of suspicion and accusation in a brand-new narrative ballet, given its world premiere at the International Festival...

Jupiter Artland introduces its newest spellbinding artwork, a fully functional swimming pool. Pressed into a previously unexplored area of the sculpture park, Gateway, appears like a fluid flower in a kaleidoscope of drizzled colours....

With ten days until Opening Night, The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has confirmed the New Zealand Army Band, The Lochiel Marching Drill Team and The Pipes and Drums of Christchurch City will be in...

As part of the Edinburgh Art Festival, the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is holding a series of exhibitions of work from three contemporary sculptors which will be displayed for, at least, the duration of the...

'Displaced' was announced today as Travelling Gallery's Spring 2019 exhibition, which will tour from 6th March to 30th June 2019 across Scotland. The cross-artform exhibition will show work for the first time in...

 Do you want to get involved in the art world? Do you want to make a difference to your community? Do you have something you want to say? Do you want to be...

The Saltire Society will host a series of free events celebrating Scottish music and poetry during this year’s Edinburgh Festival. The performances will take place throughout August at The Saltire Society headquarters just off the Royal Mile and will...

The unique contributions of Edinburgh’s refugee and migrant communities will be celebrated in an exciting evening of music, art and discussion this St Andrews Day. The fundraising event - Nov 29 7.30-9 pm -...

Staff prepare Museum for 5-Month Refurbishment ClosureCurators have been packing away hundreds of artefacts, including dolls, toy cars and an Emu Puppet (pictured), as the Museum of Childhood closes for refurbishment. Opened in 1955 as...

EIF receives 2017 Fair Saturday Award  The Edinburgh International Festival has been awarded a Fair Saturday Award at the opening gala of Fair Saturday 2017 which took place at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao on Monday...

Edinburgh’s biggest ever celebration for Diwali expected to involve thousands of participants.The colourful and vibrant Festival of Lights – which symbolises victory of light over darkness and good over evil – is celebrated by...

Egnliston Crescent, hidden in the leafy green streets of Edinburgh's West End, is a short walk from Haymarket train station; a place where thousands of travellers will enter into the city. Edinburgh attracts tourists...

Join London Concertante, one of the UK’s leading chamber ensembles, at the stunning St. Mary’s Cathedral on Palmerston Place for a fabulous night of Mozart, Vivaldi, and more! Praised for making concerts exciting no matter...