The original "official" festival
Edinburgh International Festival
Anton Bruckner failed to finish his ninth symphony, despite working on it for nine years before his death in…
It is no surprise that Cold Heat, a new work by Swedish composer Anders Hilberg, opened the Tonhalle…
Every morning throughout the Edinburgh International Festival there is a chamber concert at the Queen's Hall.
Having reviewed Blomdahl’s Aniara, the first space opera, at the 1959 Festival, I was apprehensive about the…
What should you do if two men walk on stage, then, for no apparent reason whatsoever, one of them suddenly…
Walking down to my seat in the front stalls, I quickly see that the Playhouse is packed up to the…
After rustling with anticipation, an excitedly packed-out Usher Hall suddenly exploded with elation to…
This massive work, far too big for any liturgical purpose is generally regarded as Bach’s greatest…
Was there ever a more unlikely star than Alan Cumming? The Dundee lad became the toast of Broadway, a Bond…
Barry Humphries, better known as Dame Edna, hosted this evening of Weimar cabaret compositions.
A black-clad man sits centre stage playing harpsichord while the sound of wind and rain clawing at unseen…
The Budapest Festival Orchestra won well-deserved vociferous applause from a full Usher Hall for a sparkling…
Good theatre is like the elixir of life and Brian Friel's play Faith Healer is a theatrical experience.…
Everything was as it should be for Elgar's The Apostles.
Patrias evokes the aesthetic spirit of Lorca’s duende, creating a stirring glimpse of the Spanish Civil War…
Celebrating its 40th birthday (and a new £11 million Glasgow home), it is timely indeed for Scottish…
Chinese traditional opera and King Lear may seem to some a strange juxtaposition, yet this production…
Lo Real is an intense and uncomfortable theatrical experience that apparently does not appeal to everyone.
It seemed strange to listen to the Christmas story in the middle of August, but that made it all the more…
Sitting in the plush, gilded and chandeliered interior of the Royal Lyceum Theatre, a bevelled double mirror…