Summerhall TV

The world premiere of a multi-media collaboration that combines live music from the Melomaniacs trio with film by the Scottish filmmaker Lee Archer, photographs taken by the New York based photographer Jean Luc Fievet and lyrics written by Mike Marlin. …

WILLY HUDSON : BOTTOM Join Willy for a queer coming-of-age remix, as he questions if ‘bottom’ in the bedroom means ‘bottom’ in life – and whether Beyoncé can help put his love on top. Cairns Lecture Theatre, Summerhall, 16:25 1st …

In this brave and outlandish performance a grown woman attempts to be your baby to discover if innocence really is as sexy as we’re told it is. On at Summerhall in the Demonstration Room from the 1st to the 26th …

Based on JG Ballard’s cult novel Concrete Island, VOID meshes experimental dance and abstract glitch-video landscapes. Taking in typically Ballardian themes of dystopian worlds, liminal spaces and urban paranoia, Mele Broomes performs risk-taking choreography to the backdrop of an industrial …

Sarah Stewart is one of 84 artist/makers opening their studios for visitors between 26-28 May. Sarah is based in Wigtown, Scotland’s Book Town and her recent work engages various forms of printing with some images based on typewriters and their …

Matt Haig spoke in front of a packed Book Festival audience about the importance of reading and writing in maintaining mental health and its role in helping him conquer depression, as part of the Festival’s Staying Well strand. Matt said …

Catriona O’Sullivan interviews Ragnar Jonasson at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Born in Reykjavik, Iceland Ragnar currently works as a lawyer having previously worked in TV and radio. He has translated 14 Agatha Christie novels into Icelandic and set up …

Director Nick Barley introduces this year’s festival programme, which features over 700 events for adults and children, and includes writers from over 55 countries. Particular highlights include a selection of authors from Mexico, picked by Mexican visual artist Gabriel Orozco, …

Ali Millar in an illuminating interview with Danish novelist and short-story writer Dorthe Nors at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Nors has burst onto the UK literary scene with a heady cocktail of short stories, ‘Karate Chop’, translated from the …

One of the most beloved figures in British comedy, Nicholas Parsons came to the nation’s attention with Sale of the Century, a 1970s teatime quiz show. He further endeared himself to audiences through his legendary work on Just a Minute …

Burns Unbroke is a new contemporary multi-arts festival, offering new interpretations of the work of Robert Burns. The project‘s innovative visual arts programme features over 30 visual artists and includes newly commissioned work by four Scottish based artists. The focused …

Dates: 4th to the 26th of August Venue: Main Hall Rising star choreographer Cousins takes one of Shakespeare’s most beloved heroines, the curious and courageous Rosalind, and asks whether women still need to emulate stereotypical masculinity to find equality in …

Saturday 9th September 2017 | Sunday 24th September 2017 Dublin Dublin Fringe Festival is home to bold ideas, brave performing arts and adventurous audiences.

Dates: 8th to the 27th of August Venue: Old Lab, Summerhall Having kids is not an easy decision. Now imagine you have a learning disability… Woah! Can they do that? Do they even have sex? Yes, yes ‘they’ do. Fast …

Dates: 4th to the 27th of August Venue: Demonstration Room, Summerhall Mireille & Mathieu unpack their paraphernalia at a flea-market. Objects and toys they pick up turn out to be bursting with stories. Gentle, poetic, cruel or comical scenes follow …

Dates: 2nd to the 26th of August Venue: Old Lab, Summerhall I don’t have to remember being in pain. I’m not sure that’s something we can do anyway. And in my case, it’s irrelevant. You can’t remember something that’s still …

Dates: 4th to the 27th of August Venue: Old Lab, Summerhall I saw him looking at me when I danced, I saw the look in his eyes, I knew what he wanted to call me… Slut is a Kathak dance …

Dates: 2nd to the 27th of August Venue: The Red Lecture Theatre Summerhall favourites Puppet Beings Theatre combine traditional Taiwanese puppet arts with the use of contemporary everyday objects, allowing adults and children to exert their imaginations. In The Backyard …

Dates: 4th to the 27th of August Venue: Roundabout Meet Leah and Chris; raised on Harry Potter, New Labour and a belief they would be special. But what happens when dreams don’t become reality? Set over three decades, from Cool …

Dates: 2nd to the 27th of August Venue: Cairns Lecture Theatre A reclusive children’s writer becomes wildly successful. Her books are treasured across the country. But when a troubling narrative starts to unfold, we find ourselves asking: what matters more, …

Dates: 2nd to the 27th of August Venue: Cairns Lecture Theatre Taipei-based Sun Son Theatre fuses instrument, voice, body, drama, ritual and environment, traditional and folk elements, symbolic objects and contemporary theatre to explore the inner self. Its work is …

Dates: 2nd to the 27th of August Venue: Cairns Lecture Theatre, Summerhall Ever Never is a semi-autobiographical story with its roots in the personal journey of Co-coism director Hung Chien-han. Deeply affected by her father’s death and living away from …

Dates: 2nd to the 26th of August Venue: The Terrace Glen Neath and David Rosenberg’s new project, Séance, builds on the success of their previous shows, Ring and Fiction. But this time it takes place inside a completely dark shipping …

Dates: 4th to the 27th of August Venue: Roundabout Being a small-time drug dealer in Cardiff and living up to your family’s expectations is tough. Marc avoids his mum, disguises his cannabis plants with fake tomatoes at the allotment, and …

Dates: 4th to the 27th of August Venue: Red Lecture Theatre You meet someone online. All you know is their name and that they seem to like you as much as you like them. In fact, you think you love …

Dates: 4th to the 26th of August Venue: Main Hall, Summerhall Protein presents a thought-provoking yet poignant commentary on multicultural Britain through dance, live music and dialogue compiled from the performers’ personal experiences. Border Tales looks at post-Brexit Britain through …

Dates: 2nd to the 27th of August Venue: Cairns Lecture Theatre Pinned on the arse-end of a night out, Get A Round is a show with lipstick on its teeth and Wotsits on its face. A wayward exploration of friendship, …

Dates: 2nd to the 27th of August Venue: Anatomy Lecture Theatre “All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun” (Jean Luc Godard). This is a show about girls and guns. It’s a show that asks …

Dates: 2nd to the 27th of August Venue: Red Lecture Theatre Join Amy on a videogame adventure like no other. Battle the minions of fear, loneliness and despair using your collective powers of human connection and emotional resilience. Only together …

Dates: 2nd to the 27th of August Venue: Red Lecture Theatre Looking down the barrel of her final fertile years, one modern Irish woman goes on a comical quest to uncover the ifs, hows and crucially the whys of reproducing …