The Great Beauty – La Grande Bellezza
In Paolo (The Consequences of Love, Il Divo) Sorrentino’s intoxicating cinematic fresco of contemporary Rome, Toni Servillo plays Jep Gambardella, a long-stalled writer and wealthy bon vivant whom we first meet turning 65 in grand style. A visit from the widower of an old girlfriend provokes memories of young love, and Jep’s dormant creative instincts […]
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Verdi Requiem
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Edinburgh International Festival 2013 The Festival’s Usher Hall concerts come to an epic conclusion with Verdi’s powerful Requiem, its theatricality and gripping emotions making it as suited to the opera house or concert hall as to any church. From music of hushed restraint and transcendent hope through to the thunderclap-like drums […]
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The Fejes Quartet and Marco Scolastra
Classical Musicians Scotland is delighted to present three concert dates featuring the renowned Fejes Quartet and Marco Scolastra, concert pianist and artistic director of Amici della Musica Foligno. Formed in 2006, the Fejes Quartet first came to know each other as members of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. A chance opportunity to work together as […]
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Stieg Larsson in Graphic Detail
Denise Mina & Andrea Mutti Edinburgh International Book Festival Scottish crime author Denise Mina is fully entrenched in the world of comics writing and her latest project brings Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy into strip form. Appearing with her here is one of the series’ artists, Andrea Mutti, who has previously worked on Star Wars, GI […]
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Europa, Our First Migrant – Touring Scotland
Replico Productions Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 Europe our first Migrant is a brand new play, drawing on the Greek myth, ‘The Rape of Europa”. The play rewrites the myth, exploring what it means to be Europeans today in a continent undergoing massive changes. In an often surprising interplay between past and present, a modern-day Europa […]
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Cultures in Flux
Marli Roode & Giorgio Vasta Edinburgh International Book Festival Two defiant international debut novels which capture with searing honesty two cultures in flux. Marli Roode’s Call It Dog tells of a young woman’s return to South Africa, forced to confront her Afrikaans father’s dark past. Time On My Hands by Italian Giorgio Vasta is a […]
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CREATURAMIA…
BY TEATRING Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 A story told with body and words, about a mother walking back through the tragedy of her drug-addict son. A story of love, bravery, of strength found where you never thought. A tribute to all fighting mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends, lovers. True heroism is in the fight, victory […]
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Comedian? No, just Italian!
Antonello Taurino FRINGE FESTIVAL 2013 Come andare oltre gli stereotipi in un paese dove la realtà è più divertente di una barzelletta e i comici diventano politici (e viceversa). Dopo l’ascesa di Berlusconi, Taurino ha deciso di emigrare portando il suo spettacolo per il mondo chiedendo asilo politico! Attenzione, potresti involontariamente partecipare allo spettacolo! Free entrance […]
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Antonio Forcione
BY ANTONIO FORCIONE GROUP Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 Powerful and passionate, the multi-award winning guitarist – composer Antonio Forcione returns with his dynamic quartet, taking a journey into his biggest hits. Be amazed by blistering virtuosity and soulfulness, a tumultuous mix of Latin, African and jazz sounds in a unique breathtaking performance.TICKETS: £ 16 (CONCESSION […]
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Guitar Recital
by Luca Villani Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 Luca Villani plays a breathtaking guitar recital from classical to contemporary: the virtuoso Sychra Russian Variations, the evocative TorrobaSonata-Fantasia, the poignant Dyens Libra Sonane. “…beyond technique” (The Scotsman) DATES: 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24 AUGUSTTICKETS: £ 10 (CONCESSION £ 8) INFO & BOOKING: here Booking required
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