Tag: Edinburgh International Festival
EIF – enjoy a VR experience at Space @ The Broomhouse Hub
There is a free Virtual Reality (VR) Experience to try out in Broomhouse from now until Saturday. This is part of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF).
Visitors wearing a VR headset will be immersed in...
Edinburgh International Festival – Trojan Women 9 to 11 August
K-pop and Greek tragedy come together in Trojan Women by the National Changgeuk Company of Korea.
Trojan Women features original music by K-pop producer and Parasite and Squid Game composer Jung Jae-il, in collaboration with renowned pansori master Ahn Sook-sun.
Trojan Women blends Greek tragedy and pansori,...
EIF – Benedetti launches her first festival programme
Onlookers were startled by the media circus around the Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens, but many became embroiled in the photo frenzy although some international tourists did not know who the centre of attention...
Festivals call for more regular government help
Representatives from two of the major Edinburgh festivals, and the Tattoo were invited to give evidence to the Scottish Affairs Committee who are studying the topic of "Promoting Scotland Internationally".
Members of the committee...
No fireworks to end the Festival this year
The Edinburgh International Festival did not initially make an official announcement, but there is to be no firework display from Edinburgh Castle to end the three week long cultural event.
Organisers have confirmed that...
New commission from Scottish Ballet for EIF 2022 ‘At Home’ digital programme
The 'At Home' digital programme features sixteen films, available for free, to view internationally and released throughout November culminating in a special viewing event to celebrate St Andrews Day.
They include short film series 'Edinburgh...
Review – Walking with Ghosts ★★★★★
Gabriel Byrne’s one-man show reached Edinburgh for the first time outside of Ireland before travelling to London’s West End for a run in September at the Apollo Theatre.
Scotland’s capital is a good fit...
EIF – Samsara dancers get on down to Portobello
Earlier in the week a photo call for the three night only performance of Samsara was held on Portobello Beach.
The Edinburgh International Festival dance show has completed its run but you can still...
Edinburgh International Festival – We are Monchichi
How do we come together when everything is pushing us apart? What language do we choose? How do we face the mountain of cultural stereotypes?
Shihya Peng was born in Taiwan, but she lives in...
Edinburgh International Festival – Samsara
Inspired by the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, 'Samsara' is a spellbinding piece for two dancers that traces the steps we take, both forward and backward, in search of our higher selves.
UK/Indian dancer Aakash Odedra...
Review – Herbie Hancock at Edinburgh Playhouse
The Edinburgh Playhouse was packed for one of the highlights of this year’s festival.
At 82 we find Hancock at yet another fascinating point in his career having recently played Glastonbury he shows no...
Review – Burn ★★★★
At the age of 57, Alan Cumming hinted that a solo dance theatre debut could be a challenge but there’s no need for worry.
The power of movement, choreography and music is a boon...
Explore your own mind free at Edinburgh International Festival experience
The Dreammachine is open in Edinburgh, which claims to take participants through a technicolour world of light and sound in an immersive, collective experience.
Admission is free for what is said to be a one-in-a-lifetime...
Edinburgh International Festival – The Book of Life
During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, one million people were killed in 100 days. The unthinkable became commonplace and a country was torn apart.
A quarter of a century later, Rwandan artist and activist Katese...
Edinburgh International Festival – Scottish Ballet’s ‘Coppelia’
Scottish Ballet test the boundaries of dance, theatre and film in this distinctive new version of the classic ballet, blending location and real-time filming with projection and live performance in a world premiere.
What does...
Edinburgh International Festival – The Book of Life
During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, one million people were killed in 100 days. The unthinkable became commonplace and a country was torn apart.
A quarter of a century later, Rwandan artist and activist Katese...
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 amongst their fans.
A taraf is a Romanian folk ensemble...
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 Scotland is rich with Liz Lochhead’s poetic, Scots-inflected language. Michael...
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 one Sri Lankan-Australian family over four generations, from 1956 to...
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 the 2022 International Festival’s orchestras in residence, the Philharmonia Orchestra...
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, award-winning contemporary circus powerhouse Gravity & Other Myths and critically...
Goodtrees use music to get their message across
The young people of Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre were exemplary during the pandemic, delivering food packs to those who were isolating and staying at home in the immediate area. Now they have partnered with the...
Take the tram to MACRO
Trams already run from every seven minutes between Edinburgh Airport and St Andrew Square but, before and after next week's Edinburgh International Festival opening event - MACRO at BT Murrayfield - service frequency...
Edinburgh International Festival – Gabriel Byrne’s solo show Walking With Ghosts added to the...
Actor Gabriel Byrne will bring his solo show Walking With Ghosts to the Edinburgh International Festival this summer from 24 to 28 August in a UK premiere.
The performance which is adapted from his 2020...
EIF makes free tickets available for a special concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra
To coincide with American Independence Day and its 75th anniversary year, Edinburgh International Festival has released more than 3,000 tickets to a special free concert featuring one of the USA’s leading orchestras, The Philadelphia...
35,000 free tickets to celebrate Edinburgh International Festival’s 75th Anniversary
Over 35,000 free tickets are being given out by Edinburgh International Festival to celebrate its 75th anniversary, with performances featuring leading contemporary circus performers and world-renowned orchestras as well as an immersive installation described...
Edinburgh International Festival release video and audio as part of Goodtrees song writing project
The Edinburgh International Festival created a song writing project for the young people aged between 12 and 17 from Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre. Now the results of the Amplify project are to be released on...
The festival is back to mark its 75th anniversary
The Edinburgh International Festival will be back in its full glory this year to mark the 75th anniversary of what began under the direction of the founder Rudolf Bing - who was himself a...
Benedetti named as the new Director of Edinburgh International Festival
The famed Scottish violinist and advocate for the arts, Nicola Benedetti, CBE, is to become the Director of the Edinburgh International Festival from 1 October 2022.
She will be the first female festival director...
Honorary President of Edinburgh International Festival is asked for resignation
As the invasion of Ukraine continues four days after its beginnings before dawn on Thursday, the cultural fallout has also begun.
It was only last August that "Powerhouse Russian conductor" Valery Gergiev was feted...
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