tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41911943543463425512024-03-14T12:10:52.348+00:00Edinburgh International FestivalEdinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-24919735858266048652012-07-27T10:08:00.002+01:002012-07-27T10:08:13.673+01:00Our new blog
Head to our new blog on our website.Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-38579227844680094432012-03-22T10:42:00.001+00:002012-03-22T12:40:21.257+00:00Festival 2012 Brochure and TrailerHave a look at our 2012 trailer:
And then leaf through our 2012 interactive brochure:
Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-29835806858627084732011-10-20T12:38:00.001+01:002011-10-20T12:38:25.077+01:00Confessions of a Chorus Member - John AndertonFor over 40 years I have had the privilege of singing in the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and performing with such distinguished soloists as Janet Baker, Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Luciano Pavarotti, Jessye Norman, Jose Carreras and many others. It is always a great thrill to sing with such distinguished soloists and to have the opportunity of talking with them during breaks in Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-36058505375882259492011-09-03T14:16:00.002+01:002011-09-03T14:21:00.946+01:00Review: Drought and Rain
Photo: Eoin Carey
What to expect from a performance categorised as ‘dance’ but described by our very own blog as containing “little movement”? Not a lot of dancing is the short answer, but unexpectedly little dancing is required to give Drought and Rain a special and unique impact like no dance performance you’ve seen before.
The opening sequence reveals lifelike and life-sized Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-69306196304999152242011-09-02T17:36:00.000+01:002011-09-02T17:36:15.119+01:00Review: Shen Wei Dance Arts Re- (I, II, III) / The Triptych
Photo: Eoin Carey
By Emma Caldwell
Shen Wei’s Re-Triptych takes the audience on a journey; throughout the course of the three part piece we are taken from snowy-topped Tibetan Himalayas, to a humid Cambodian jungle, finally ending up in a dizzying, digital modern-day China.
Re- (I) opens with the dancers sat in a circle around a huge confetti mandala, the sky backdrop gives the Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-12210144291232643462011-09-02T11:34:00.000+01:002011-09-02T11:34:00.088+01:00Review: One Thousand and One Nights - Parts 1 and 2
Photo: Eoin Carey
By Órla Murray
Tim Supple’s One Thousand and One Nights (Alf Layla wa-Layla), a two-part saga through layer upon layer of stories from across the Arab world, was a marvel to behold. With over five hours of skilfully interwoven stories creating a labyrinthine web, the performance was a feat of skill and endurance by the stunningly effective cast.
I saw both Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-22346392228862959632011-09-01T15:54:00.000+01:002011-09-01T15:54:17.496+01:00Preview: Contemporary Dance
Photo: cie ea sola
By Emma Caldwell
The final week of Festival 2011 sees two contemporary dance productions arrive in Edinburgh - Ea Sola’s Drought and Rain (re-creation 2011) and Shen Wei’s Re- (I, II, III) / The Triptych.
Ea Sola is a French Vietnamese choreographer and Drought and Rain explores consciousness, historical memory and the human cost of the Vietnam War. The piece Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-33868914983513557652011-08-31T12:37:00.000+01:002011-08-31T12:37:35.019+01:00Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize 2011: The TEAM<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-3196518564639660712011-08-30T13:08:00.001+01:002011-08-30T14:09:14.486+01:00Review: The Legendary Music of Rajasthan
Photo: Hema Narayanan
By Jane Compton
At The Legendary Music of Rajasthan, accomplished folk artists Lakha Khan, Kadar Khan and Bhanwari Devi gave the audience a rare chance to experience a live performance of the centuries-old indigenous musical heritage treasured by the desert communities of north-west India. Dressed in vibrantly coloured traditional clothes, they sat cross-legged on the Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-59941936115299014762011-08-28T18:07:00.000+01:002011-08-28T18:07:24.484+01:00Review: Sriyah<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-12477804425339123362011-08-28T13:15:00.000+01:002011-08-28T13:15:47.906+01:00Review: Scottish Ballet<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-61229554911445487162011-08-27T15:19:00.000+01:002011-08-27T15:19:06.671+01:00Review: One Thousand and One Nights - Part One<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-54489040956848387762011-08-27T10:59:00.000+01:002011-08-27T10:59:19.521+01:00Review: Semiramide by a first time opera-goer<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-81995950560450452322011-08-26T10:14:00.001+01:002011-08-27T11:09:42.183+01:00Preview: Sriyah
Photo: Uma Dhanwatey
By Mateusz Jazdzewski
Audiences at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh this weekend will have the chance not only to appreciate beautiful dance but to experience something really special – a performance of classical Indian dance from the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, entitled Śriyah.
When Protima Gauri Bedi founded the group she created something more than just another dance Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-52012427319598914772011-08-25T18:00:00.001+01:002011-08-27T11:11:33.468+01:00Review: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Photo: Chris Christodoulou
By Jane Compton
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, led by Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati, opened the concert on 21 August at the Usher Hall with a flawless performance of the four movement orchestrated version of Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin. One of the composer’s most personal works, Ravel’s tribute to friends who died fighting in the Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-9114237540344258882011-08-24T15:55:00.001+01:002011-08-27T14:05:04.457+01:00One Thousand and One Nights at Festival 2011
Photo: Matthew Andrews
By Jane Compton
One of the highlights of the Edinburgh International Festival this year is the European premiere of One Thousand and One Nights – or Alf Layla wa-Layla in Arabic – at the Royal Lyceum Theatre. After witnessing his wife in an orgy with slaves, the despotic King Shahrayar embarks upon a mission to marry a virgin each night then behead her in the morning Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-53953514735713096222011-08-21T16:35:00.000+01:002011-08-21T16:35:04.827+01:00Review: The Revenge of Prince Zi Dan<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-62348640306935898382011-08-20T13:17:00.000+01:002011-08-20T13:17:35.147+01:00Continental Shifts: All the World’s a Stage
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Bo Skovhus
By Alice Longhurst
What is opera? This seems an excellent question to ask given the situation the artform finds itself in today, hindered by falling audiences, financial distress, and apparent niche appeal. Bo Skovhus, the world renowned Danish baritone, has a beautifully simple answer. He defines opera as “words set to music”, a realisation which could hold the key to expanding Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-58261861005500629792011-08-18T17:28:00.001+01:002011-08-21T16:08:07.428+01:00Preview: Princess Bari – drawing comparisons with Pina Bausch
Photo: YoungmoChoi
By Nada Cabani
Pina Bausch, who died just over two years ago, was reknowned as one of the most significant choreographers of our time. Agua, a production by Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal, was a sell-out at the 2010 Edinburgh International Festival, and exemplified all that is best in Bausch’s avant-garde productions, where the poetic and playful cohabited in Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-24898063064755727412011-08-18T14:51:00.001+01:002011-08-21T16:10:14.780+01:00Review: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal 02
Photo: Dominique Lafond
Wednesday 17 August
Usher Hall
By Mateusz Jazdzewski
In The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka describes how to main character Gregor is bewitched by violin music played by his sister which calms him and helps him forget his existential problems. The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal had the same effect – from both the performers and the spectators one could feel the Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-43658084224420594852011-08-17T17:19:00.000+01:002011-08-17T17:19:58.538+01:00Koyaanisqatsi: a dream-like state
Production still: Anonymous
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Photo: Dirk Bleicker
By Órla Murray
Royal Lyceum Theatre
Monday 15 August
Wu Hsing-kuo’s one man performance of King Lear is a profoundly different retelling of Shakespeare’s tragic play, proving that a simple, minimal set juxtaposed with a vivid soundscape is all that is needed to create an engaging and moving backdrop to a solo performance of epic proportions.
This distinctive production Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-64067890801523665702011-08-16T12:39:00.002+01:002011-08-16T13:32:25.482+01:00Review: The Tempest
Photo: 2DOHEE 2010
By Mateusz Jazdzewski
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
Saturday 13 August
For those of us unfamiliar with Asian theatre it may have come as a surprise that two of the four productions at this year’s Festival are based on Shakespeare. The Mokwha Repertory Company’s The Tempest interprets Shakespeare’s plot in the context of Korean history and culture.
Mokwha’s production has a Edinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191194354346342551.post-16977283145400395102011-08-14T15:19:00.002+01:002011-08-21T16:04:50.144+01:00Preview: Peking Opera at Festival 2011
Photo: Liu Haifa
By Alice Longhurst
What do you get when you cross an Elizabethan playwright with a traditional Chinese opera troupe? This is not a joke, but one of the exciting cultural fusions set to grace this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. EIF Director Jonathan Mills’ vision is to explore the bonds between Europe and Asia, making Shakespeare adaptations a natural choiceEdinburgh International Festival Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248802378908847807noreply@blogger.com0