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Edinburgh musician Alannah will play at the New York launch of The Quaich Project
Singer/songwriter wins public vote to represent Edinburgh at New York event
Edinburgh musician, Alannah Moar (21) will represent the city at New York event this...
New Garden Waste Permits out for Delivery
Residents who have signed up for the next garden waste service year in Edinburgh have started to receive their permit stickers through the post.
The...
Global Cities CAN B Initiative Selects Edinburgh as Winning Applicant
Edinburgh has been announced as one of four cities to join the prestigious Global Cities CAN B programme after an intensive selection process, making...
EICA:Ratho Looking Forward to Welcoming Europe’s Top Climbers
In just over a week, the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA):Ratho will once again take centre stage as it welcomes some of the world’s...
Nurses Reunited 60 Years After Meeting as Students
60 years after they met as students at the Western General Hospital, a group of 23 nurses and their partners have been reunited by...
Summer recess – a time for calming down
by Christine Jardine MP Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West
The summer recess is meant to be a calmer time for MPs. It gives us chance...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Day 3, 12th Aug
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...
Edinburgh Festival – ‘Hard to be Soft: A Belfast Prayer’ at The Lyceum
Aggression. Sensuality. Vulnerability. 'Hard to Be Soft' is a dance prayer about — and for — the people of Belfast.
Created by...
Edinburgh Festival 2019 – ‘Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation’ at The Studio
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...
Edinburgh Fringe – Nikki & JD bring ‘Knot’ to the Assembly Roxy
Physically exhilarating and touchingly poignant, 'Knot' is the internationally acclaimed circus and dance work by Nikki Rummer and JD Broussé.
These talented performers use...
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 – ISH Dance Collective bring ‘Elements of Freestyle’ to the EICC
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...
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 – Company2 Bring ‘Le Coup’ to The Circus Hub
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...
‘Walter the Wanderer’ comes to the Edinburgh Fringe
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...
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 – Pleasance Press Launch
The Pleasance held their opening Gala today to introduce some of the performers from this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival who will be...
Edinburgh Festival 2019 – Sydney Theatre Company’s ‘The Secret River’
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...
Edinburgh Fringe – Danny MacAskill debuts ‘Drop and Roll Live’
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...
Edinburgh Festival 2019 – The National Theatre of Great Britain presents ‘Peter Gynt’
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...
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 – Race Horse Company present ‘Super Sunday
This Fringe, prepare to be transported to a dystopian fair ground at the end of the world where acrobatic chaos reigns supreme.
Let Finnish...
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