La Traviata - Get £10 tickets if you're under 26. Any seat. Any performance.
- Theatre Royal Glasgow (30th Oct & 1st November)
- Eden Court Inverness (6th & 8th November)
- His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen (13 & 15th November)
- Edinburgh Festival Theatre (19, 23, 27 & 29th November)
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
13/29 Nicolson Street
Edinburgh,
EH8 9FT
Scotland
Box office: 0131 529 6000
Phone: 0131 529 6000
Email:
Website: www.eft.co.uk
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- Box office times: Mon–Sat 11.00am–8.00
The Festival Theatre on Nicolson Street opened in June 1994 and has established its position as one of the country’s most prestigious venues. It has been described by the New York Times as “the finest theatre in Europe”. It is the capital's arena for Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet and is at the heart of the Edinburgh International Festival. The Theatre programmes a contemporary dance season, alongside large-scale musicals, international ballet companies and a variety of one night musical and comedy events.
Events at Edinburgh Festival Theatre
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| This playful dance troupe presents its interpretation of classical ballet. | ||
| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh | 20 Feb 2009–21 Feb 2009 5.30 | Buy tickets 0131 529 6000 £14-£25.50 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Classical meets contemporary in this programme designed to show off Northern Ballet Theatre's repertoire. The pieces are 'La Bayadere', 'Angels in the Architecture' and Gillian Lynne's 'A Simple Man'. | ||
| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh | 21 Mar 2.30 & 7.30 | 0131 529 6000 £13.50-£30 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Soloist Alexandra Soumm performs Glazunov's lyrical and challenging 'Violin Concerto' under the baton of Alexander Lazarev. The rest of the programme has a poetic slant to it with Dvorak's tone poem, 'The Water Goblin', based on 19th-century Czech poetry collection 'Kytice', and Borodin's 'Symphony No 2', based on a 12th-century East Slavic poem. | ||
| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh | 30 Jan 7.30 | 0131 529 6000 £10-£28 (concessions available) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Abbado conducts a concert with a distinctly Italian flavour. Cellist Mario Brunello joins the RSNO in a performance of Respighi's strikingly beautiful 'Adagio and Variations', followed by Haydn's 'Concerto No 1' and Rossini's famous 'William Tell Overture'. Beethoven's ever-popular and enduring 'Symphony No 5' completes the concert. | ||
| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh | 21 Jan 7.30 | 0131 529 6000 £10-£28 (concessions available) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Settle in for a musical soirée with conductor Stéphane Denève and world-renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. The world premiere of Guillaume Connesson's 'Piano Concerto' will take place, as well as Ravel's 'Piano Concerto in G major' and Gershwin's boisterous 'An American in Paris' for a taste of that magical Parisian atmosphere. | ||
| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh | 29 Mar 6.00 | 0131 529 6000 £10-£28 (concessions available) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Kristjan Järvi takes up the reins for a dynamic concert of Dvorák's colourful 'Scherzo Capriccioso', the premiere of former Stockhausen pupil Kurt Schwertsik's 'Divertimento Macchiato' for trumpet and orchestra and Dvorák's 'Symphony No 6'. With trumpet soloist Hakan Hardenberger. Pre-concert talk at 6.45pm (Edinburgh 5.15pm). | ||
| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh | 26 Apr 6.00 | 0131 529 6000 £10-£28 (concessions available) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Scottish Ballet revives their version of the classic fairytale 'The Sleeping Beauty', presented by award-winning artistic director Ashley Page. | ||
| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh | 7 Jan 2009–10 Jan 2009 7.30; Thu & Sat 2.00 & 7.30 | 0131 662 1199 £7.50-£34.50 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland's award-winning dance company presents its spring programme, a double bill of works by artistic director Janet Smith and internationally renowned choreographer Ina Christel Johannessen. Pre-show talk at 6.30pm. | ||
| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh | 31 Mar 7.30 | 0131 529 6000 £10-£16 |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Dundee Rep's hugely acclaimed Proclaimers musical returns for another warm 'n' fuzzy run. | ||
| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh | 5 Dec–3 Jan 2009, not Sundays, 25 Dec, 1 Jan 2009 7.30 (6 Dec, 11 Dec, 13 Dec, 18 Dec, 20 Dec, 24 Dec, 26 Dec, 26 Dec, 31 Dec, 2 Jan 2009 & 3 Jan 2009 2.30 & 7.30) | 0131 529 6000 £7.50-£27 (concessions available) |
| Location | Date | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh | 17 Mar 2009–19 Mar 2009 7.30; Thu 2.30 & 7.30 | Buy tickets 0131 529 6000 £10-£30 |
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