Ewan McGregor is to return to Edinburgh for the world premiere of the Trainspotting sequel, 21 years after the original film made him a star. The showing of T2 Trainspotting will be held on Sunday 22 January at the Cineworld in Fountain Park. The film reunites McGregor with director Danny Boyle and original cast […]
Category: Edinburgh Events
Edinburgh’s Christmas opens this weekend
Edinburgh’s Christmas opens this weekend across the city centre Edinburgh’s Christmas opens on Friday 18 November and runs until Saturday 7 January. Opening this weekend: Friday 18 November – St Andrew Square Ice Rink Friday 18 November – Five Guys Named Moe, Festival Square Theatre Saturday 19 November – Princes Street Gardens […]
DEFYING CONVENTION AT THE 2016 FRINGE
DEFYING CONVENTION: THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE LAUNCHES 2016 PROGRAMME The Edinburgh Festival Fringe returns for what promises to be another fantastic edition of the most renowned open access arts festival in the world. All ages and appetites are catered for in a programme that includes theatre, dance, circus, physical theatre, comedy, music, musicals, […]
Edinburgh International Festival Programme
Edinburgh International Festival 2016 Programme Announced Today Festival Director Fergus Linehanunveiled the 2016 Edinburgh International Festival programme. This year’s International Festival runs from Friday 5 to Monday 29 August, welcoming 2,442 artistsfrom 36 nationsto perform in Scotland’s capital city. Fergus Linehan said:‘The International Festival is an invitation from the people of Scotland […]
Edinburgh, City of Lights
Lighting up Edinburgh’s Old Town this Christmas The Virgin Money Street of Light is a breathtaking new event set to light up Edinburgh’s Old Town this Christmas. From St Andrew’s Day to Christmas Eve, an architectural installation of over 60,000 lights will run along the Royal Mile, from City Chambers to the Tron […]
Lighting up Edinburgh
Edinburgh’s Christmas promises to deliver the biggest and brightest Christmas festival ever seen in Scotland and the rest of the UK. Building on last year’s enormous success, and in the lead up to Christmas Day, this year’s Festival will also see an expansion into other parts of the city centre and more free […]
Ballett Zürich Wayne McGregor, Kairos
Ballett Zürich Wayne McGregor | Christian Spuck 27 – 29 August 2015 The Edinburgh Playhouse Ballett Zürich, one of Europe’s leading ensembles, presents a captivating double bill featuring works by their artistic director Christian Spuck and multi-award-winning British choreographer Wayne McGregor. McGregor’s new work Kairos is a seamless marriage of design and structure set to Max Richter’s celebrated […]
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute Komische Oper Berlin | Barrie Kosky | 1927 27 – 30 August 2015 Festival Theatre Mozart’s masterful comedy is richly reimagined in a boundary-busting production created by director Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927, blending animated film and live action in a spectacular kaleidoscope of 1920s silent movies, Weimar cabaret, the […]
Ivy Paige: Filthy Rich
Ivy Paige: Filthy Rich 6th – 30th Aug 2015, 10.00pm Want to get rich quick? Need more bang for your buck? Let Ivy show you how, in a heady mix of cabaret, comedy and song. ‘Queen of British Burlesque’ (Mail on Sunday) will teach you how to live the dream* (which quite frankly is more […]
Seven, Germany’s Ballett am Rhein
20 – 22 August 2015 The Edinburgh Playhouse Germany’s Ballett am Rhein joins the Royal Scottish National Orchestra for Martin Schläpfer’s epic response to Mahler’s enigmatic 7th Symphony. In this full-length ballet, the anguish and poignant beauty of Mahler’s Symphony seem to be written into the bodies of the dancers. Music and movement merge into […]