Edinburgh News
Leigh Warren + Dancers, EIF 2012, Review
In this double bill, we observe contrasting dance pieces – one a European premiere – by two of Australia’s renowned choreographers, Leigh Warren and Frances Rings. Live music
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, EIF 2012, Review
Full marks to the solo violinist, Baiba Skride, who worked her way through the forty minutes of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Offertorium.
Re-thinking the Union (Part 3), EIBF 2012, Review
Billed as considering ‘The Emotional Arguments', the final debate of three sponsored by The Guardian newspaper at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, under the heading ‘Re-Thinki
Francesco Piemontesi Piano Recital, EIF 2012, Review
The sonorous timbre of The Queen's Hall Steinway No.
Holyrood Park Road Closures For Festival Fireworks
Holyrood Park will be closed to vehicle traffic during the end of the Edinburgh Festival Fireworks Display.
John McCarthy: Captivity, Fame and Surviving Freedom, EIBF 2012, Review
John McCarthy was introduced by Allan Little for this inaugural Frederick Hood Memorial Lecture. It was also the concluding event of a most successful Edinburgh International Book Festival.
The Static Receives Its Scottish Fringe Theatre Award
On Sunday night, we had the award ceremony for the Scottish Arts Club/EdinburghGuide.com Edinburgh Fringe Award for Scottish Drama.
Edinburgh Fringe in "Fantastic Health" Despite 1% Drop at Box Office
The biggest Edinburgh Festival Fringe yet has seen a 1% drop in tickets issued according to figures put out by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society yesterday afternoon.
Jonathan Steele: One War That Might Never Be Won, EIBF 2012, Review
Jonathan Steele is a journalist with The Guardian and has been reporting on Afghanistan since 1981.
Cancer Time Review
Having briefly worked in a call centre and able to remember the almost unbearable agony of pre cigarette break clock watching, it is with a misty air of nostalgia and curiosity that I sit before a
Saul David - Soldiering On, EIBF 2012, Review
Saul David seems to have undergone an alarming make-over since the earlier days of his writing career.
Women's Health... Whose Wealth? Three Day mini-fest marks Thirtieth Anniversary
The first Scottish Women’s Health Fair in 1983 saw women coming together from across Scotland to explore alternative grassroots visions of women’s health and challenge the established m
A Midsummer Night's Dream (As You Like It), EIF 2012, Review
The audience may have been slightly unsure what to expect from Russian director, Dmitry Krymov’s Laboratory “Designer” version of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy.&
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Budapest Festival Orchestra, EIF 2012, Review
The Budapest Festival Orchestra won well-deserved vociferous applause from a full Usher Hall for a sparkling Bartok and Mahler concert.
Both My Fathers Were Spies, EIBF 2012, Review
Professor Paul Broda was introduced by Tam Dalyell who said that it must be unique to have two fathers who both passed secrets to the Soviet Union in 1942 for no personal gain. Hi
Cleveland Orchestra 01, EIF 2012, Review
The large Cleveland Orchestra – more than 100 musicians – filled the concert platform to bursting point but unfortunately played to a less than full Usher Hall for the first of their tw
The Makropolous Case, EIF 2012, Review
It is difficult for the audience to get to grips with the plot of this Janacek opera, which has a number of disparate threads that eventually weave together in a dramatic finale.
Jeremy Vine: This is the Old News, EIBF 2012, Review
Peter Gutteridge took the stage alone to introduce Jeremy Vine who then bounded on to the platform from the shadows.
Tristan and Isolde, EIF 2012, Review
Standing ovations are infrequent in Edinburgh, even at Festival time, but this tour de force concert performance of a three-act Wagner opera thoroughly merited the prolonged standing ovation that m
Edinburgh Book Festival Announces Record Number of Visits
The Edinburgh International Book Festival ended tonight with the inaugural Fred Hood Memorial Lecture given by journalist and broadcaster John McCarthy