Posts Tagged ‘festival’
There will be lots to see with Doors Open Day 2018
As the summer days and nights begin to fade, here’s hoping that September isn’t a complete wash out when it comes to weather. However, if the rain does happen to strike as you’re out and about enjoying your weekend, you could duck into any number of iconic local buildings across Scotland for some shelter and…
Read MoreMarking 120 years of BenRiach with a special cask
BenRiach Distillery is marking its 120th anniversary with a specially selected commemorative cask. Chosen from Warehouse 13, the oldest dunnage warehouse at the heart of the distillery, BenRiach Marsala Hogshead Cask No.10299 was distilled 100 years after the distillery doors opened and has been maturing for 20 years. BenRiach Distillery has developed a reputation for…
Read MoreJazz master Arturo takes audience on a journey
Internationally renowned jazz saxophonist, Arturo Tappin performed a 5 star concert at The Outhouse, demonstrating his all-round professionalism and extraordinary talent on everything from the clarinet to saxophone and flute. The programme was a musical trip around the Caribbean Islands and took in all-time classics from Acker Bilk to modern jazz. Thrown into the mix…
Read MoreFringe Festival review – The House
Do yourself a favour on this last day of The Fringe and go to the funniest thing I have seen all Festival. Four thoroughly professional actors portray the peculiarly intimate relationship between a house and its owners. As the Redmonds hand over the keys for their beloved house and should be moving onto their downsized…
Read MoreFringe festival review – Siblings: Acting Out
Ruby Wax’s two talented daughters – Maddie and Marina – perform a wonderfully absurd and very, very funny show which includes the ‘suck, tuck and blow’, ‘Molly and her Singular pube’, a brilliant ‘Women of Corinth’ sketch and exceptionally creative use of elastic bands. The Northern School Sketch was another favourite. One can only imagine…
Read MoreMajor exhibition to focus on enigmatic Scots artist
A new exhibition exploring the life and work of Scottish Modernist artist Edwin G Lucas is now underway. Revealing the little-known story of Lucas’s life and career, it traces his development from the early watercolours of his youth to his boldly experimental oil paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. It also explores the artist’s final,…
Read MoreBook festival authors put in the picture
Between the Lines – Portraits of Authors is a unique exhibition running during the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Since 2009 photographer Chris Close has completed a unique body of author portraits at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Described as a ‘live’ exhibition he photographs on site in Charlotte Square Gardens and the work is hung…
Read MoreThe queen of the one-liners is Sheep shape
One of the only female one-liner acts currently on the UK circuit today and fresh from improv and comedy writing training at the world renowned Second City Training Centre in Chicago, Adele Cliff brings her hotly anticipated debut hour to the festival. This is a gag-packed show about individuality, searching for friends, following and fitting…
Read MoreFestival fireworks as you’ve never seen them before
There’s a different way to enjoy the Edinburgh Festival fireworks, thanks to a view with a difference. You can toast the end of Edinburgh’s festival season in seafaring style and soak up the magnificent fireworks concert on at sunset, as Maid of the Forth has announced its exclusive Festival Fireworks Cruise on 27 August. This…
Read MoreFestival fringe review – Games
Games is described in the publicity as a play set against the background of “Europe is fractured; economies faltering. Anti-Semitism and right-wing populism are surging.” Recognise any of that today? With unintentional timing, Games tells the true story of the talented female Jewish fencer, Helene Mayer, struggling with herself as a Jewish sportswoman representing Germany…
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