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75th EIFF launches on the ‘Glorious Twelfth’
75th Edinburgh International Film Festival takes place between 12 and 20 August and includes 87 new features, 12 short film programmes, and two large...
Edinburgh International Festival – Taraf de Caliu
The long-running Taraf de Haïdouks have toured the world for over three decades and can count the likes of Kronos Quartet and Danny Elfman...
Assembly Festival – Alison Skilbeck – Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London
Alison Skilbeck's critically acclaimed one-woman show, and 2016 sell-out Edinburgh Fringe hit, reveals the public and private life of one of the most extraordinary...
Assembly Festival – Soweto Gospel Choir
Winners of the 2019 Grammy award for Best World Music Album, Soweto Gospel Choir bring their Grammy-winning Freedom to Assembly Festival and the Edinburgh...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – ‘Classic’ – Hope Mill Theatre
The madcap comic play Classic! races through a multitude of classic novels at lightning speed in 60 minutes using some unlikely production styles.
Moby...
EIF – National Theatre of Scotland’s ‘Medea’
Liz Lochhead’s gripping retelling of Euripides’s ancient drama takes up residence in the International Festival’s home, The Hub.
This restaging from the National Theatre of...
Edinburgh International Festival – Belvoir – Counting and Cracking
A profoundly moving story of love and political strife, of home and exile, of parents and children, 'Counting and Cracking' follows the journey of...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Kostya Benkovich – ‘The Suitcase’
International artist, Kostya Benkovich, who fled Russia because of his anti-war stance, first heard this phrase in March 2022 from an unknown lady at...
Assembly Festival – Masters of Choreography – ‘Beats on Pointe’ and ‘Wanderlust’
All the way over from Australia, Masters of Choreography is Australia's leading commercial dance theatre and production company. Headed up by Jennifer and Milo...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Pleasance Theatre Trust Opening
The Pleasance are back with a bang and launching things in their usual grand style. The opening gala saw nine fantastic acts - from...
Edinburgh International Festival – Rusalka
EIF presents a new production of Dvořák’s best-loved opera, the dark fairy tale Rusalka, features Welsh soprano Natalya Romaniw in the title role.
One of...
Edinburgh International Festival – MACRO
The 75th Festival opened with a joyful celebration of Australian and Scottish culture in a fusion of circus, dance and music.
Hailing from Adelaide, Australia,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Peppa Pig – My First Concert
From Mozart to Muddy Puddles! 'Peppa Pig – My First Concert' is a fun interactive introduction to a live orchestra with everyone's favourite Pig...
Assembly Festival – KIN – Barely Methodical Troupe
Barely Methodical Troupe brings you their five-star hit about group dynamics and camaraderie. Their physical prowess is deftly deployed, as tumbling, flying and catching...
Assembly Festival – The Choir of Man
From creative minds Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay, The Choir of Man is 60 minutes of unadulterated entertainment that combines high energy dance, foot...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – ‘Tropicana’ – Aidan Sadler
Join queer cabaret icon and performance tour-de-force Aidan Sadler as they take you on the award-winning journey to Tropicana!
Dandelion Cube Bike Tour, Calton Hill,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – ‘Caligari’ – ChewBoy Productions
'Caligari' reimagines the 1920 seminal German film ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’, with a cast of five actor-musicians taking the stage to tell the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – ‘Good Grief’ – Ugly Bucket
A recipient of New Diorama Theatre and Underbelly’s hit-making Untapped Award, supported by Methuen Drama, 'Good Grief' is a cathartic reckoning with death and...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – ‘Classic’ – Hope Mill Theatre
The madcap comic play Classic! races through a multitude of classic novels at lightning speed in 60 minutes using some unlikely production styles.
Moby...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Lost in Translation’s ‘Hotel Paradiso’
Lost in Translation present an irresistibly colourful, loud and fun show for all the family. LiT are one of the UK’s leading contemporary circus...
Edinburgh Art Festival – Ashanti Harris: Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop presents a new commission from Scotland based artist Ashanti Harris. Taking the novel Signposts of the Jumbie (1981), written by Faustin...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2022 opens its doors!
Edinburgh Art Festival brings together the capital’s leading galleries, museums and established spaces in a city-wide celebration of the very best in visual art.
From...
New exhibitions at The Scottish Gallery
Duncan Shanks is returning to The Scottish Gallery this summer with 'The Riverbank – A Landscape of Sorrow and Hope'. These vibrant and energetic...
Edinburgh Art Festival gets underway
Edinburgh Art Festival (EAF) is the platform for the visual arts which sits at the heart of Edinburgh’s August Festivals, this year celebrating their...
Installation of sails in Wester Hailes by artists Pester & Rossi for 2022 EAF
'Finding Buoyancy' is one of three major commissions as the Edinburgh Art Festival celebrates its 18th edition. The project is the result of collaboration...
Carol Tambor Award for Fringe show ‘The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much’
Voloz Collective’s 'The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much' has been named as a winner of the Carol Tambor Incentive Award 2022. The...
Edinburgh Food Festival launches 2022 programme
Later on Friday the Edinburgh Food Festival 2022 opens at Assembly George Square Gardens for ten days of chef demos, expert panels, cookery classes...
2022 Edinburgh International Film Festival programme revealed
Earlier on Wednesday, the Edinburgh International Film Festival announced the programme for its fully in-person 75th Anniversary edition this year.
The programme of cinema...
Assembly Festival opens its doors from today in George Square Gardens
Celebrating their 40th Anniversary this year, Assembly Festival runs from today until the end of August. T
he gardens will be open daily offering a...
2022 Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival kicks off tomorrow
The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is back for 2022, ready to present a fully live festival setting the dial to 10 with over...
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