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Mariinsky Ballet: Swan Lake
The company's performance of Swan Lake, screened in 3D.
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh (2.2 miles)
Thu 6 Jun
Neu! Reekie!
Avant-garde spoken word, film and music fusion night describing itself as 'playing host to the sinister and the sanguine'.
Summerhall, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)
Fri 31 May
£7 / 0845 874 3001
With readings from American poet Krystelle Bamford and short story writer McGuire; music from Stevie Jackson of Belle and Sebastian and pop folkies Admiral Fallow; and the usual selection of animated goodness.
Jalan Jati (Teak Road)
An exhibition tracing the imagined history of a teak bed found in a Singapore junk shop back to the tree from which it was made, incorporating photographs, prints, collages and an award-winning short film.
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (2.0 miles)
Sun 19 May
John Hope Gateway Centre
Free / 0131 248 2909
- 10:00 – 18:00
Mon 20 May
John Hope Gateway Centre
Free / 0131 248 2909
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tue 21 May
John Hope Gateway Centre
Free / 0131 248 2909
- 10:00 – 18:00
Modern Edinburgh Film School
Modern Edinburgh Film School is a temporary, participatory film school curated by visual artist Alex Hetherington in association with Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, giving an ongoing series of talks, lectures and screenings in various venues across Edinburgh.
Inspace, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)
Sat 25 May
Free / 0131 650 2750
Featuring screenings of Beau Travail and short film ISLAND, and an essay by Hannah McGill read live by artist Catherine Street.
- 20:00
Simon Munnery: Fylm
A film/theatre mash-up from the imaginative comedian.
The Stand, Edinburgh (1.2 miles)
Thu 1 Aug
Fri 2 Aug
Sat 3 Aug
Histoire d'amour
European Premiere: An English teacher sees a woman on the underground and decides she will become his wife and the mother of his children. He takes over her life and when she tries to escape, all doors close before her. Once re-captured he abuses her again, over and over. Histoire d’amour explores a world where guilt and…
King's Theatre, Edinburgh (1.6 miles)
Thu 15 Aug
£12–£30 / 0131 473 2000
Fri 16 Aug
£12–£30 / 0131 473 2000
Sat 17 Aug
£12–£30 / 0131 473 2000
House/Lights
A video of a complete performance of the 1999 OBIE-winning collision of Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights with Joseph Mawra’s B-movie classic, Olga’s House of Shame. ‘Bedazzling … there’s nothing else like it around; it turns disorientation into a primary sensual pleasure, even as it raises terrifying…
Inspace, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)
Sun 11 Aug
Interfaces: How Art Intersects with Technology in Cinema
Moshe Kam of Drexel University, Philadelphia, discusses the neverending cycle of advancements in cinema, that provide for expanded artistic freedom and in turn lead to new technological opportunities. Chaired by Sir John Arbuthnott, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The Hub, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)
Tue 13 Aug
John Smith: Early Shorts
Rhubaba Gallery presents a selection of earlier short films from the brilliant John Smith: Associations, The Girl Chewing Gum and The Black Tower.
Filmhouse, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)
Mon 27 May
£5 / 0131 228 2688
- 18:30
Julie Brook in Conversation
The landscape artist, who works in a multitude of media, sits down to discuss her practice and solo exhibition made, unmade with a number of different cultural workers, from administrators to a filmmaker to a choreographer to a poet.
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh (0.9 miles)
Thu 30 May
Free / 0131 550 3660
Tonight's discussion with Scottish poet, writer and musician Don Paterson centres on language, poetry and artistic practice.
- 18:00 – 19:30
Krapp’s Last Tape
Beckett on Film: Krapp’s Last Tape: Directed by Atom Egoyan and starring John Hurt.
The Hub, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)
Sat 31 Aug
Madame Freedom
European Premiere: A two-dimensional, cinematic black-and-white woman of yesteryear struggles to break free of the social, economic and political straitjacket of the time, while a three-dimensional woman of here and now struggles to what … ? Break free … ? Of what … ? When the unfulfilled soul of a fictional woman surges…
King's Theatre, Edinburgh (1.6 miles)
Tue 20 Aug
£12–£30 / 0131 473 2000
Wed 21 Aug
£12–£30 / 0131 473 2000
Making it Home
A collection of four short films made by refugee and asylum seekers.
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh (0.9 miles)
Fri 21 Jun
Over-12s only
£6 (£4) / 0131 556 9579
- 19:00
Filmhouse, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)
Sun 16 Jun
0131 228 2688
Featuring an introduction and followed by a discussion.
- 16:00
Munch 150
In honour of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch, expert Tim Marlow hosts a behind-the-scenes look at putting on this exhibition.
Cameo, Edinburgh (1.7 miles)
Thu 27 Jun
0871 902 5723
Rigoletto: Live from Taormina's Ancient Greek Theatre
Verdi's opera live from the Taormina Arts festival.
Edinburgh Festival Theatre (0.9 miles)
Tue 9 Jul
£25 / 0131 529 6000
Rockaby/Act Without Words I/That Time
Beckett on Film: Rockaby: Directed by Richard Eyre and starring Penelope Wilton. Act Without Words I: Directed by Karel Reisz and starring Sean Foley with music by Michael Nyman. That Time: Directed by Charles Garrad and starring Niall Buggy.
The Hub, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)
Sat 31 Aug
Rumstick Road
A video reconstruction of the landmark 1977 production Rumstick Road which combined audio taped conversations, family letters, dance, 35mm slides and the writing of Mary Baker Eddy to construct a response to the suicide of Spalding Gray’s mother. 'A brilliant and engrossing work; one whose abstraction and complexity…
Inspace, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)
Sat 10 Aug
The Slow-Wave
A project on the practice of Edinburgh artist Lyndsay Mann, featuring you are what you think about most of the time by Chris Dyson & Katherine MacBride; TRANS by Mark Chapman; and 60 seconds the release by Lyndsay Mann.
Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (1.0 miles)
Fri 24 May
Free / 0131 650 2210
- 13:00 – 14:00
Waiting for Godot
Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot: Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and starring Stephen Brennan, Barry McGovern, Johnny Murphy, Alan Stanford and Sam McGovern as the boy.
The Hub, Edinburgh (1.3 miles)
Sat 31 Aug
What Where/Footfalls/Come and Go
Beckett on Film: What Where: Directed by Damien O’Donnell and starring Sean McGinley and Gary.Lewis. Footfalls: Directed by Walter Asmus and starring Susan FitzGerald and Joan O’Hara. Come and Go: Directed by John Crowley and starring Paola Dionisotti, Anna Massey and Siân Phillips.





