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EIF review 2026 – ‘Mere Mortals’ at Edinburgh Playhouse ⭐️
The dance show that is ‘Mere Mortals’ cannot be described as a ballet, but rather a piece of modern dance.
With a company having...
EIF review 2026 – ‘Un ballo in maschera’ at the Festival Theatre ⭐️⭐️...
This spectacular realisation of Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘A Masked Ball’ by the Zurich Opera was an absolute delight to see and hear.
The singing by...
EIF review 2026 – Pierre-Laurent Aimard ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Acclaimed French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard gave the last (and most ambitious) of three recitals at the Queen’s Hall celebrating the life, work and influence...
EIF review 2026 – Strauss’s Elektra at the Usher Hall ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Dysfunctional families is a recurring theme in ancient Greek theatre, this opera using that as its basis.
Elektra is determined to avenge the murder...
EIF review 2026 – Haribo Kimchi at The Studio ⭐️ ⭐️
This play - or as I think of it - a theatrical experience - was a Scottish premiere.
The event combined music, video,...
EIF review 2026 – Hang Time at The Lyceum ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
This European premiere is a short (one hour) intense examination of racialised violence in America.
Its approach is startlingly original.
Although the scene is...
EIF review 2026 – Voices of Canada at Usher Hall ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal’s second concert, Voices of Canada, featured Canadian Indigenous voices and contemporary compositions during the first half.
The first piece,...
EIF review 2026 – Coleridge-Taylor’s The Song of Hiawatha at Usher Hall ⭐️ ⭐️...
The Song of Hiawatha actually consists of four pieces composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor over a period of three years.
It was presented here as...
EIF review 2026 – Ihsane at the Festival Theatre ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
The production of Ihsane is a unique combination of dance, music, and theatre.
The set is impressive, the music and singing haunting, the dancing...
Four Walls and a Roof at The Studio ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
This UK premiere is extremely thought-provoking.
There is humour as well as serious consideration of the motivations for censorship. This last point is emphasised...
Mozart’s Don Giovanni at The Usher Hall ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
This concert performance of Mozart’s daring opera of seduction, trickery and retribution was superbly performed by the magnificent Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Chorus...
Beethoven 6 & Adès at The Usher Hall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Los Angeles Philharmonic under the extraordinary baton of Gustavo Dudamel once again delighted us with a lovely rendition of Ludwig van Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’...
EIF review – Beethoven 7 & Ortiz at The Usher Hall ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The first half of the concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic consisted of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony which is always a delight to hear.
This rendition...
EIF – JLCO with Yuja Wang at The Usher Hall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a treat to hear a classical concert pianist move into the interpretation of jazz.
The chemistry between the orchestra and her delightful playing...
EIF review – JLCO Plays Duke Ellington at The Usher Hall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The music of Duke Ellington certainly draws on a number of traditions to create something still fresh.
It is significant that the Jazz at...
EIF – Global Ideas Stage at The King’s Theatre
Nicola Benedetti introduced an extraordinary set of people to discuss the significance of the arts in a world riven by such division and turmoil,...
EIF 2026 Gershwin & Bartók at The Usher Hall
The National Youth Orchestra of the USA is restricted to those aspiring musicians aged 16-19, but just because they are young and still developing...
EIF 2026 – First Night at the Hub
Starting with the theme from the monumental documentary about the US Civil War by Ken Burns, Festival Director, Nicola Benedetti, introduced the great man...
Festivals 2026 – Tuesday’s picks
There are our choices from the wide range of arts on offer today.
Edinburgh International Festival
Today the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) continue...
Edinburgh International Festival review – The Galloping Cure at Festival Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️
On Sunday night it was the World Premiere of a new opera co-produced by the Edinburgh International Festival and Scottish Opera, written by composer...
Review – Opening concert at Usher Hall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The official opening of the Edinburgh International Festival took place on Saturday evening.
The opening concert featured the symphony in 12 parts by Wynton...
EIF Review – A Trial – at The Lyceum ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play ‘An Enemy of the People’ deals with the scandal of an expose of water pollution resulting in the exile of...
EIF – Opening Concert – St Matthew Passion at The Usher Hall
On Sunday the second of the opening concerts of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) was Bach’s St Matthew Passion at the Usher Hall.
Conducted...
EIF – back to classical music
Although it is not possible to bring large orchestras from overseas this year is regarded as an opportunity for Scottish and UK orchestras to...
Edinburgh International Festival 2017 – Oresteia : This Restless House****
Four hours plus of blood soaked, funereal pyre smoked havoc. A charnel house writhing in chaos quivering on foundations of betrayal and immorality.
Welcome to...
Edinburgh International Festival 2017 – REVIEW – Rhinoceros****
Long before pernicious 'post-truth/alternative fact`doggerel insinuated itself within the lexicon of Trump-speak, Ionesco's sobering voice, though often gagged by Romanian state censorship, had raged...
Edinburgh International Festival comes to Craigmillar
Senior Pupils introduce their school as a Festival venue
Pupils at Castlebrae Community High School, in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh, today hosted their own launch...
Edinburgh International Festival 2014 – REVIEW – Closing Concert *****
Whether it was modesty, reticence or goodness knows what else, Edinburgh International Festival director – and respected composer – Jonathan Mills had left it...
Edinburgh International Festival 2014 – REVIEW – Delusion of the Fury *****
Quadrangularis Reversum, Cloud-Chamber Bowls, Belly Drums, Spoils of War: even just the names of the outlandish instruments invented and constructed by American maverick composer...
New Honorary President appointed to Edinburgh International Festival
Valery Gergiev is the new Honorary President of the Edinburgh International Festival. The Russian conductor, whose association with the Festival began 20 years ago,...
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