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EIF 2012 programme launch - WEDNESDAY 14 MAR EMBARGO

Edinburgh International Festival 2012 programme launched

Highlights include Mariinsky Ballet, TEAM and Camille O'Sullivan

14 Mar 2012

The Edinburgh International Festival has unveiled its extensive 2012 programme. With nearly 200 different performances to choose from, we’ve selected some dance, opera, classical music and theatre highlights you won't want to miss. NVA's Speed of…

Theatre critic Mark Fisher casts his eye over the Shakespeare productions planned for 2012

Theatre critic Mark Fisher on the Shakespeare productions planned for 2012

Alan Cumming, David Hayman and more to stage the Bard next year

13 Dec 2011

In 1964, the Polish critic Jan Kott published Shakespeare, our Contemporary. The book caused a stir for framing a long-dead playwright through the lens of 20th century totalitarianism. Director Peter Brook was delighted to find a commentator who could…

Re-Triptych

Re-Triptych

Mesmerising epic journey of dance

2 Sep 2011

Even as we file into the auditorium, the mesmerising spectacle has begun. The dancers sit holding golden bowls, calmly anointing the final touches on a huge mandala - a geometric Buddhist symbol - made from blue and white confetti covering the whole…

Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet

An evening of contemporary classics

1 Sep 2011

For a programme dominated by music from the great canon of composers, the opening to Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo’s Kings 2 Ends, a silent dynamic solo, comes as a surprise. But it’s curiously pleasing. It lets the clean stretched lines of the dance…

Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet at 2011 Edinburgh International Festival

Ashley Page and Jorma Elo on the EIF programme

25 Aug 2011

Ashley Page maintains that, when putting together Scottish Ballet’s new double bill for the Edinburgh International Festival, pairing the legendary Scottish choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s neo-classical 1965 piece Song of the Earth with a completely…

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2008: Macbeth
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Set in a contemporary and brutal Middle Eastern conflict, TR Warszawa's 2008: Macbeth is unflinching in its depiction of the machine of violence that, once set in motion, works faster and ever more efficiently. With spectacular pyrotechnics, immersive video effects and an extraordinary, layered soundscape that plays tricks on the ear, Shakespeare’s web of politics, ambition and the supernatural is transformed into a contemporary, and highly physical, theatrical film. Supported by Adam… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
11 Aug–18 Aug Mon 7.30–9.40pm; Wed 2–4.10pm; Thu–Sun 7.30–9.40pm	Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh

Cinderella
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The legendary Mariinsky Ballet brings Charles Perrault’s classic fairytale to the Festival, in this large-scale production that offers a sumptuous mix of engrossing storytelling and grand classical ballet with a fresh contemporary twist. Complete with a full corps de ballet, the dancers’ every movement, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, is highlighted and intensified by Prokofiev’s gorgeous musical score performed live by the Mariinsky Orchestra and led by the great Valery Gergiev. Supported… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
30 Aug–1 Sep Thu & Fri 7.30–10.20pm; Sat 2.30–5.20pm & 7.30–10.20pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

The Makropulos Case
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Janáček’s penultimate opera, The Makropulos Case is at once a mystery thriller and a meditation on desire and eternal life. It keeps its audience guessing until its thrilling conclusion’s transcendent revelations on life and love, and features some of the composer’s most radiant, life-affirming music. Richard Farnes conducts the premiere of Opera North's new production by acclaimed director Tom Cairns, with an exceptional cast of soloists. Supported by Dunard Fund. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
11 Aug–13 Aug Mon & Sat 7.15–9.45pm	Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Alpine Symphony
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Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra return to the Festival with two transcendental evocations of nature and landscape - Beethoven's Symphony No 6 'Pastoral' and Strauss' monumental Alpine Symphony. Sponsored by Arup. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
11 Aug 8pm	Usher Hall, Edinburgh

And then, one thousand years of peace
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Initially created in collaboration with the Bolshoi Theatre, And then, one thousand years of peace fuses two distinct styles of movement - the fast, driving power of Preljocaj's contemporary work with the grand classical ballet of the Bolshoi. Set to a pulsating soundtrack, the piece combines intricate edgy action with slow, graceful movement in an ever-evolving dance that reveals our innermost hopes, desires and fears. Supported by The Bacher Trust. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug–19 Aug Fri–Sun 7.30–9.15pm	The Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh

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