ENNIO MARCHETTO: The Living Paper Cartoon
Ennio Marchetto/Glynis Henderson Productions The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 Ennio returns with his ‘wickedly funny’ (Observer) show. A whirlwind of popular icons brought to life by ingenious quick-change paper magic. Gaga, Bono, Beyoncé…no celebrity is safe! ‘An absolute hoot’ (NY Times). www.enniomarchetto.com Day off: 11 AugustTicket price: 30 July – 1 Aug £ 8 4 […]
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Germano Ovani & Martina Peluso
Children’s Illustration Exhibition Two talented Italian illustrators Germano Ovani & Martina Peluso will be exhibiting for the first time at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Their exhibition draws on the amazing power of drawing, one of the first forms of expressions we all experience. So doing, Martina and Germano’s drawings will get youngers to explore the […]
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VITAMIN
Carlo Jacucci The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 Preaching from a book he never read, Vitamin turns into many characters, creatures and things, including a dancer, a marathon runner and a caterpillar. Playing with your imagination, and with unconventional uses of live accordion, making ‘inexplicably wonderful comic theatre’ ***** (BroadwayBaby.com). A strikingly simple and extreme piece […]
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Enrico Pieranunzi
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2014 Surely one of the world’s greatest jazz pianists. The Roman maestro plays with extraordinary passion and sensitivity, and often astonishing invention as he merges classical music with jazz improvisation. Playing solo, he takes the music of Scarlatti, Handel, Bach, Schumann and Debussy as a starting point and he invests […]
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Rumba De Bodas
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2014 From latina to swing, balcanica to reggae, soul to folk, it’s exotic party music from these Italian troubadours of the sensuous and sublime www.edinburghjazzfestival.com
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Stone Islands + Enzo Favata’s Quartet
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2014 An embarrassment of riches in the way of lyrical, folk-inflected melodies, bright open harmonies and surging rhythmic energy (The Scotsman). Now in its third incarnation, Sardinian saxophonist Enzo Favata is joined by Scottish pianist Dave Milligan and trumpeter Colin Steele with a new format band, still offering the same […]
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Sir Walter Scott and Opera
Scottish Opera Friday 4 July, 7.30pm, The Hub, Edinburgh Monday 7 July, 7.30pm, Abbotsford House, Melrose Thursday 10 July, 7.30pm, St Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen Sunday 13 July 3pm, Òran Mór, Glasgow Soprano: Judith Howarth Tenor: Michael Colvin Baritone: Roland Wood Piano: Derek ClarkThese imaginative recitals from Scottish Opera celebrate the 200th anniversary of the publication […]
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Another Time, Another Place
by Michael Radford St Magnus International Festival St Magnus International Festival is Orkney’s annual celebration of the arts. Musical events are at the heart of the artistic programme, the Festival also encompasses drama, dance, literature and visual arts. The Italian Institute is very proud to be associated with the St Magnus International Festival 2014. A […]
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Still Life by Uberto Pasolini
Edinburgh Iternational Film Festival After Venice the film will be presented at Edinburgh Iternational Film Festival. A poignant tale of life, love and the afterlife. Meticulous and organised to the point of obsession, John May (Eddie Marsan) is a council worker charged with finding the next of kin of those who have died alone. When […]
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