Edinburgh International Festival

The original "official" festival

The Edinburgh International Festival strikes the tone of this year's cultural feast with a quotation from…
One of the less visible activities of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) is its its year-round…
The 2010 Edinburgh International Festival Fireworks Concert will this year celebrate "Music from the Movies…
After the setbacks and the multi-million pound cost over-runs, the new wing at the Usher Hall is ready to be…
The last witch burning in Scotland in the early 18th century, enacted at this year's Edinburgh International…
An estimated 220,000 people across the Scottish capital enjoyed the explosive finale to this year's Edinburgh…
Celebrating its 40th birthday (and a new £11 million Glasgow home), it is timely indeed for Scottish Ballet…
"All children, except one, grow up. Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you…
Ivo Pogorelich excites debate and controversy today as much as he did in 1980 at the Fryderyk Chopin Piano…
Walking down to my seat in the front stalls, I quickly see that the Playhouse is packed up to the Gods.
Afterplay, written by Brian Friel, is most unusual in that he has taken characters from two familiar Chekhov…
Three of the "most innovative theatre makers" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year were announced as…
Brian Friel's play, The Yalta Game, is based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, The Lady with the Lapdog,…
The final allocation of tickets for the Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert go on sale on Sunday 30 August at…
Haydn's Symphony No 70 in D was written to celebrate the start of the construction of a new opera house on…
Every morning throughout the Edinburgh International Festival there is a chamber concert at the Queen's Hall.
Under the big blue bosses of the Hub's, fine yellow blue and red ceiling (sadly hidden to accommodate theatre…
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment make you listen again to Haydn. Under Sir Roger Norrington they put…
Silviu Purcarete's freely adapted version of Goethe's Faust, held in an aircraft hangar sized hall at the…
Inverleith Park and Calton Hill are being recommended by the council as the best public places to view the…