EIF
Lights Shine On for EIF
Festival announces online offering:
The Edinburgh International Festival has announced My Light Shines On, a series of online shows for August, with filmed and audio works by Scotland’
All five August Fests off
All Edinburgh’s August 2020 festivals have been pulled:
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh International Festival, Book Festival, Art Festival and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tatttoo will not be held in 2020.
Festivals respond to Covid-19
EIF & EdFringe issue Coronavirus updates:
Edinburgh’s August festivals are set to continue as planned according to the statements from The Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society today (Friday 13 March 2020).
Last Call for EIF Opener
Remaining tix available at 10am, Fri 26 JulyThe remaining free tickets for the 2019 EIF opening concert featuring the LA Phil at Tynecastle Stadium, will be made available online on Friday 26 July at 10am.
The End of Eddy
★★★★☆ Inventive realism:
The End of Eddy at the Studio is both creatively playful and grippingly real, as a production of rare immediacy is built around a combination of technology and human interaction.
EIF opener – free ticket details
15,000 free tickets for EIF Opening Event:
15,000 free tickets are to be made available online for Five Telegrams, the opening event of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival on Friday 3 August 2018 at 10.30pm.
It’s Cool for Edinburgh at CATS
Edinburgh companies dominate Critics Awards shortlist:
The shortlist for this year’s Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland have been published and exactly half the nominations are for productions made or co-produced in Edinburgh.
EIF Theatre Announced
Seven plays for EIF 2018:
The Edinburgh International Festival has launched its 2018 programme with seven pieces of theatre, a musical theatre production of The Beggar’s Opera, two staged operas and four pieces of contemporary dance.
Linehan Extends Contract at EIF
EIF director extends to 2022:
Fergus Linehan, has extended his contract as director of the EIF until 2022, promising to “developing new initiatives that will support the continued growth and development” of the festival.
The Divide Parts One and Two
★★★☆☆ Long time coming:
The official Festival’s flagship production of Alan Ayckbourn’s The Divide at the King’s contains multitudes.
