Performance ‘The Stranger,’ the famous existentialist novel by Albert Camus, is brought to life for the theatre in this acclaimed adaptation by Morten Kirkskov, performed for the first time in English by the award-winning Brazilian actor Guilherme Leme at Summerhall. Guilherme Leme
Performance ‘The Stranger,’ the famous existentialist novel by Albert Camus, is brought to life for the theatre in this acclaimed adaptation by Morten Kirkskov, performed for the first time in English by the award-winning Brazilian actor Guilherme Leme at Summerhall. Guilherme Leme : The Stranger
Visual Arts Carolee Schneemann is a pioneer in many artistic disciplines. Having consistently challenged concepts of sexuality and gender identity in the fields of painting, sculpture, installation art, video art and, most importantly, performance with key works such as Meat Joy (1964) and Interior Scroll (1975), … Carolee Schneemann: Remains to be Seen
Visual Arts Carolee Schneemann is a pioneer in many artistic disciplines. Having consistently challenged concepts of sexuality and gender identity in the fields of painting, sculpture, installation art, video art and, most importantly, performance with key works such as Meat Joy (1964) and Interior Scroll (1975), … Carolee Schneemann: Remains to be Seen
Visual Arts Summerhall TV interviewed two recent Contemporary Art (MA) graduates about their involvement with this year’s Postgraduate Show at Edinburgh College of Art. Edinburgh College of Art : Postgraduate Degree Show 2012
Visual Arts Artist Anthony Schrag is running a series of participatory tours which invite you to engage with the city in different ways. Each performance tour is unique. Anthony Schrag : Tourist in Residence
Performance Polish director Andrzej Welminski draws on his experience with the Tadeusz Kantor’s Cricot 2 to devise this performance of Bruno Schulz’s ‘Pages from the book of …’. Devised with the international 50 Letters Theatre Company this ensemble of vocal expression, … Andrzej Welminski
Performance Polish director Andrzej Welminski draws on his experience with the Tadeusz Kantor’s Cricot 2 to devise this performance of Bruno Schulz’s ‘Pages from the book of …’. Devised with the international 50 Letters Theatre Company this ensemble of vocal expression, … Andrzej Welminski : Pages from the Book of…
Music Performance Balkanarama gives its audience an opportunity to properly indulge in the tastes and sounds of the Balkans: dance, jump, sing, cry, scream, laugh, drink, sigh – party proper Balkin style! All accompanied by exquisite Gypsy dancing, live visuals and home-made … Balkanarama : Summerhall
Media & Unions A programme by TU/TV for the National Union of Journalists and the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom on the industrial action at the BBC in 1985 that was sparked by cancellation of an episode of the Real Lives series … BBC ‘Real Lives’ Dispute
Performance Songs of Lear is a non-linear dramatic event that shows the world of subtle energies and rhythms that govern Shakespeare’s tragedy. The ensemble members have chosen crucial scenes from King Lear to weave a story out of gestures, words and … Song of the Goat Theatre
Performance Songs of Lear is a non-linear dramatic event that shows the world of subtle energies and rhythms that govern Shakespeare’s tragedy. The ensemble members have chosen crucial scenes from King Lear to weave a story out of gestures, words and … Song of the Goat Theatre
Performance Minja Hynynen interviews Alex Fernandes, a student who takes part in some of Bedlam Theatre’s productions. Alex talks about the shows, productions and workshops at Bedlam and invites students and non-students to become involved in Bedlam Theatre. Bedlam Theatre
Technology Gregor Aikman talks about his design and consultancy company MESO following an exhibition of his company’s products at the Artiscience conference held at Summerhall in September. Gregor Aiken : MESO
Performance Visual Arts Summerhall TV interviews Jane Connarty about this year’s Speed of Light event at Edinburgh’s International Festival NVA’s Speed of Light | Edinburgh International Festival
Performance Anna Boglione introduces the chamber opera ‘Dr Quimpugh’s Compendium of Peculiar Afflications’ in a performance by the Petersham Players at Summerhall. Anna Boglione : Dr Quimpugh
Technology Turing is a non profit festival that brings together the digital technology and the web into the world’s largest arts and creative gathering in a celebration of digital culture and creativity. Named in honour of Alan Turing, father of modern … Turing Festival
Performance ‘Art is a cupboard! We are not cakes!’ Lecoq-trained Clout Theatre invite you to dive into the absurd world of the Russian poet, iconoclast and false moustache wearer Daniil Kharms. Three bouffonesque characters intent on telling ‘The Old Woman’ story … How a Man Crumbled by Clout Theatre
Performance ‘Art is a cupboard! We are not cakes!’ Lecoq-trained Clout Theatre invite you to dive into the absurd world of the Russian poet, iconoclast and false moustache wearer Daniil Kharms. Three bouffonesque characters intent on telling ‘The Old Woman’ story … Clout Theatre : How a Man Crumbled
Performance 24 hours, non-stop. From 6am to 6am next day. The play tells the twenty-four life stories in one slow-going, lazy day, suspended in time. With no hope for change. Most of the time filled by a cappella music, to break … 24hr by Waclaw Miklaszewski/Szwalnia Theatre
Visual Arts Acting as the pavilion for this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival, Andrew Miller’s The Waiting Place is a playful summerhouse in the centre of a city where summer is by no means guaranteed. Miller’s The Waiting Place attempts to articulate a … Andrew Miller : The Waiting Place
Performance 24 hours, non-stop. From 6am to 6am next day. The play tells the twenty-four life stories in one slow-going, lazy day, suspended in time. With no hope for change. Most of the time filled by a cappella music, to break … Waclaw Miklaszewski : 24hr
Visual Arts The group exhibition, from 03-19 August, showcases some of the most exciting works, selected from the huge volume of artistic activity taking place within the distinctive red brick walls of St Margaret’s House, London Road.The Summer Show, occupying all three … Art’s Complex Summer Show
Performance Mother Tongue is a multi-character, autobiographical performance piece written and performed by actor and bestselling author, Jillian Lauren. Revolving around the themes of adoption, blood, tribe and identity, Mother Tongue traces Jillian Lauren’s circuitous and humorous journey to get pregnant … Mother Tongue
Performance Mother Tongue is a multi-character, autobiographical performance piece written and performed by actor and bestselling author, Jillian Lauren. Revolving around the themes of adoption, blood, tribe and identity, Mother Tongue traces Jillian Lauren’s circuitous and humorous journey to get pregnant … Jillian Lauren : Mother Tongue
Summerhall Sessions Visual Arts Artist Carolee Schneeman presents her talk ‘Mysteries of the Iconographies’ on the 4th August 2012, which coincides with her exhibition ‘Remains to Be Seen’, held at Summerhall. Carolee Schneeman : Mysteries of the Iconographies
Performance This first Edinburgh performance of ‘Carmen Funebre’ was staged in the playground of Drummond Community High School. It is a short extract from the Capital News collaboration between Edinburgh students and Scotsman newspapers in 1996. This year Teatr Biuro Podróży … Teatr Biuro Podrozy at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012
Books The legalisation of certain drugs has been a hotly contested subject, leading to many arguments for and against the proposals. Roger Pertwee, Professor of Neuropharmacology at Aberdeen University, previously claimed that cannabis should be legalised and sold under similar restrictions … Irvine Welsh : Drugs Culture
Visual Arts Film from 2003 of the making of carvings and sculpture for the Stupa being built at Samye Ling, the Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway. Lama Thubten : Tibetan Art
Books From Edinburgh Television’s series ‘The Book Show’, Francesca Atkinson takes a look behind the scenes at D C Thomson’s iconic comics – The Beano and The Dandy. Behind the Scenes: Beano and Dandy
