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I Knew a Man Called Livingstone
200 years on, meet David Livingstone through the eyes of the Africans who knew him.
How Is the Edinburgh International Festival Funded?
Edinburgh wouldn't be the same without the Edinburgh International Festival.
Video: Artistic Director Jonathan Mills introduces 2013 EIF Programme
Treats lie in store for EIF-goers this year from Shakespeare's Coriolanus backed by Chinese heavy metal bands to a production of Hamlet that interacts with Richard Burton's 1964 Broadway version; f
Video: EIF 2013 Preview
The programme for the Edinburgh International Festival was announced today. Here's the EIF's video preview of what's coming up in August.
Clean (PPP), Traverse Theatre, Review
The inspiration for Clean, we are told in an off-stage voiced prologue, arose from a conversation between the playwright and a (male) computer games designer.
Virgin Money to Sponsor Festival Fireworks For 2 More Years
Virgin Money will continue as headline sponsor of the Edinburgh Festival Fireworks Concert performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, for the n
The Rocky Horror Show (2013), Edinburgh Playhouse, Review
On the ‘Rocky’ road for 40 years and still plenty of followers.
Barnardo's Young Supporters' Concert – Believe in Children, Usher Hall, Review
A near capacity Usher Hall audience (stalls and grand circle) enjoyed enthusiastic performances of songs sung by primary and secondary pupils from 13 schools across Edinburgh, Lothians, Borders and
Edinburgh Science Festival: "Sociable" Science For Adults
The 25th Edinburgh International Science Festival (23 March-7 April) will be opening its doors in the evening with a serie
Driving Miss Daisy, King's Theatre, Review
With the likes of Django Unchained and Lincoln dominating our movie theatres and news outlets over the past few months, you would be forgiven for thinking that the issue of racial equality was a to
Most Favoured (PPP), Traverse Theatre, Review
An American who hasn’t heard of KFC or McDonalds?
Priscilla - Queen of the Desert, Edinburgh Playhouse, Review
Riotous Road Show comes to an unscheduled halt.
RSNO: Beethoven’s Eroica, Usher Hall, Review
All three ingredients of the concert, overture, concerto and symphony were Beethoven, and all were labelled number three. This is just the sort of programme that fills every seat in the Usher Hall.
Edinburgh Studio Opera’s King Arthur, Canongate Kirk, Review
The performers had made their dramatic entrance when the evening’s director, the impressively voiced Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, was placing us way back to the early years of the reign of Dutch protestants
The dilemma for Gay Christians
Many are left bewildered at the sudden departure of Edinburgh’s Cardinal Archbishop, Keith O’Brien, for almost twenty eight years resident at St Benet’s in Church Hill.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh
The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI accepted on the 18 February 2013 the resignation of His Eminence Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and E
Abigail’s Party, King's Theatre, Review
The 1970s have been lovingly set in aspic for this revival of Mike Leigh’s unforgettable 1977 play, Abigail’s Party.
Scottish Opera: Massenet’s Werther, Festival Theatre, Review
Pia Furtado has returned to Scottish Opera with her direction of Jules Massenet’s Werther.
A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity, Traverse Theatre, Review
Douglas Maxwell’s ‘A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity’ offers a range of responses to that possibility.
RSNO: Stravinsky’s Firebird Naked Classics, Usher Hall, Review
The first half of a Naked Classics concert is an exposition of the piece of music the Royal Scottish National Orchestra will play all the way through in the second half.