Ceol Na Pioba - Piob Mhor: A Concert of Piobaireachid From the 1999 Edinburgh International Festival
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The Dublin Theatre Festival is "the longest-established theatre festival in Europe - but it still feels like a cheeky and energetic teenager alongside the Edinburgh international festival, which sometimes feels like a very grand old dowager, always rouged and dressed in her Sunday best."...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
"The opera by [composer] Brett Dean and [librettist] Amanda Holden, based on the Peter Carey novel of the same name," will have its world premiere runs in Sydney and Melbourne next March and April before heading to the Edinburgh International Festival. The story "is described as a modern fable in which suburban everyman Harry Joy 'dies' for nine minutes after a heart attack on his lawn...
Hitchens Watch (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
The following four debates are now available on DVD. Who needs Arnold Swarzenegger? The God Delusion Debate : Richard Dawkins & John Lennox in Birmingham, AL (2007) Has Science Buried God? : Richard Dawkins & John Lennox at Oxford University (2008) God on Trial : Dinesh D'Souza & Christopher Hitchens in St. Louis, MO (2008) Can Atheism Save Europe? : Christopher Hitchens & John Lennox...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
"Agreement has been reached which will see the creation of a 'one-stop shop' for tickets which promises to curb lengthy queues at festival venues across the city. It is also hoped to bring an end to the current situation which forces festival-goers to make different transactions for tickets for various Fringe venues, and events at the likes of the Book Festival, the Tattoo and the Edinburgh International...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
"What cruel irony ... that it was the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment that was plunged into darkness mid-performance at the Usher Hall - just days after a £25 million makeover was unveiled. One of the [Edinburgh International Festival's] flagship concerts was delayed by almost half an hour of 'endarkment' on Saturday night when the stage lighting failed as soprano Joyce DiDonato...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
"While a large minority is taking advantage of a golden age for the arts, Jonathan Mills, the director of the Edinburgh International Festival , said that many Britons were missing out on 'incredible experiences' because of an entrenched suspicion of anything serious, highbrow or experimental."...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
"A piece of music celebrating the defeat of the Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden should not have been chosen to open the Edinburgh International Festival, a prominent Scottish philanthropist has told The Scotsman. Sir Tom Farmer said Festival regulars were 'quite disturbed' by the choice of Handel's Judas Maccabeus and that the oratorio should not have been included in the programme."...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 02/13/2009
PUBLIC funding for the Edinburgh International Festival is set to top £5 million for the first time, The Scotsman has learned.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
THE Edinburgh International Festival has won another major hike in its public funding – to help celebrate Scotland's Year of Homecoming.
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
NEXT year's Edinburgh International Festival will focus on the theme of the Scottish Enlightenment.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
NEXT year's Edinburgh International Festival will focus on the theme of the Scottish Enlightenment.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
SHE has given more than £20 million to the arts in Britain. Her Dunard Fund is a financial mainstay of Scottish orchestras and galleries. The Edinburgh International Festival
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
THE vice-chairman of the Edinburgh International Festival has been appointed to spearhead the creation of Scotland's new national arts body.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
The vice president of the Edinburgh International Festival is appointed to spearhead the creation of a new national arts body.
dooyoo newest opinions in UK / Irel (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
a new opinion on www.dooyoo.co.uk about Edinburgh Festival Fringe written by mozzie76 The Edinburgh International Festival is a big event that takes place in Edinburgh during the month of August, for three weeks. The Festival covers many different performing arts, such as theatre, opera, dance film and comedy. It draws talent from ...
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