The original "official" festival
Edinburgh International Festival
The final part of Godfrey Reggio’s Qatsi trilogy did not gain the same level of attention and acclaim that…
Last night’s concert at the Usher Hall was with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Founded in 1765 it is one…
This is the Little Mermaid as you have never seen it. The original Anderson tale of 1837 is, a Meow Meow…
Hailed in the EIF brochure as an ‘epic choral masterpiece’, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony was the final Usher Hall…
It’s 1967, the Edinburgh International Festival is a youthful 20 years old.
Every morning during the Edinburgh International three week festival, chamber concerts are held in the Queens…
This year's Edinburgh International Festival finished with a concert in Princes Street Gardens - a concert in…
James Thiérrée, acrobat, clown, actor, illusionist, musician, has pockets bursting at the seams with artistic…
Haydn’s Surprise Symphony was the first work to be played at the very first Edinburgh Festival concert in…
Works from three of the world’s greatest ever composers: the programme for tonight’s concert was tantalising…
Théâtre de Complicité was co-founded by actor and director Simon McBurney in 1983, a Lecoq-inspired company…
With the exception of ‘Waiting for Godot’, ‘Krapp’s Last Tape’ is probably Samuel Beckett’s best-known play,…
The Orchestra of the Americas completed their five week tour of Poland, Ukraine and Germany with a concert…
Eighteen semi finalists arrived in Edinburgh at the weekend, all aged 18 or under, to try to reach the finals…
We began with the Enescu recital - the two Romanian Rhapsodies are by far the best loved of his compositions…
One of the most innovative French choreographers, Angelin Preljocaj is renowned for the range of his work…
The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra is well-remembered from its five-concert residency at the 2003 Edinburgh…
An utterly pack-out Queen’s Hall (again, as before, with some of the audience forced unnecessarily to be…
The colour and samba beat of Latin America fills the Festival Theatre with an exhilarating performance by the…
It was somewhat disappointing, for this reviewer at least, for what is in effect Finland’s national orchestra…