Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations had its theatrical finale last night when over 8,500 people watched a cavalcade of artists, dancers, musicians and artists transform the capital's historic Royal Mile into an open-air stage.
The event provided a showcase of Scottish arts and theatre companies with over 120 artists and performers - including flying party girls and musicians, guardian angels and emotive ‘wishgatherer' sculptural figures.
Feet First was devised by creative directors Paul Pinson and Chloë Dear (of Boilerhouse and Iron-Oxide respectively).
The theme of the show was "unadulterated optimism... inspired by the history of medieval and modern outdoor entertainment traditionally provided by the Royal Mile," says Dear. "We weaved music, theatre, song, lighting, sound, visual art and aerial choreography into a celebration of a New Year, at the same time casting a positive gaze onto what the future holds in store for us."
Feet First Creative Director, Paul Pinson, said the event was "a first for Scottish outdoor theatre."
The initiative, funded by the Scottish Government Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund and the Scottish Arts Council, was just one of the new events to Edinburgh's four-day Hogmanay celebrations, following the debut of The Dancin' on Tuesday, 30th December, which saw over 12,000 people brave the freezing temperatures to dance away to over 26 dance performances in the Grassmarket.
The New Year truly kicked off on Hogmanay night in Edinburgh with what organisers are calling "the world's biggest ever-recorded rendition of Auld Lang Syne".
In the region of 100,000 revellers joined in the festivities at the city's famous Street Party.