Istituto Di Cultura - Edimburgo

There are two kinds of madness in this one-person drag play: the one experienced by Oskar Kokoschka, who turned his lover Alma Mahler into a life size doll; the other belonging to the nameless woman on the phone in Cocteau's The Human Voice. Alma Mahler is a free soul, a muse, the other is a mediocre victim: between them,...

A bar. Two strangers. A man and a woman. A missed appointment. A confession. A destiny to rescue. Nothing is as it is. What would you really do to save the one you love? From the acclaimed author Lorenzo Gioielli, a play that has been a success in Italy now is being performed for the first time in English at the Festival...

A completely improvised silent movie accompanied by live ragtime piano music, inspired by the films and ambience of the 1920s. Every day, six actors and a piano player will create a new play on the spot, inspired by the masterpieces of Chaplin, Lloyd and many other silent stars. An international show suitable for people...

Romina Puma comes back and is darker than ever! It’s a show about love, or the lack of it, a show about a child longing to be cared for by her mother while having to care for her, and about selfishness as a last means of survival... What’s not to laugh about? Performance:Date: Aug 3 - 4, 6 - 11, 13 - 18, 20 - 2...

Powerhouse madwoman Miss Monica Salvi brings back to Edinburgh her scintillating cabaret tour-de-force, with finely-tuned musical gems administered with the aid of her psychothera-pianist. Winner of Best Cabaret Award (NY's United Solo Festival). 'Salvi is endearing, funny, and sexy, inviting her fellow “patient...

Cristiano Ferrarese in conversation with Isabella Lazzarini, will present his book Mi chiamo Cristiano Ferrarese, ho 44 anni e mi sento una persona fortunata. It is the evening of 19 August 2015; Ferrarese is cycling to his new work: night porter in a big, luxury Hotel in Bristol. He cycles and starts narrating... His...

The Italian Institute of Culture is delighted to announce the participation of Nadia Dalbuono at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2018. Charles Cumming is back with The Man Between, a thriller featuring Kit Carradine, a successful author who’s commissioned to silence an anti right-wing campaigner. In Nadia Dalbuono...

The collaboration between bassist and composer Ilaria Capalbo and pianist/composer Stefano Falcone is a project that has evolved over a few years since the pair met during studies and as their careers took shape. The duo works on original compositions and co-writing, a process that leads the tiny ensemble towards a distinctive,...

The Italian Institute of Culture is delighted to announce the participation of Nicola Lagioia at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2018. Eileen Battersby meets Nicola Lagioia. Ambitious literature meets page-turning thriller in this English Language debut. One is an award-winning Irish critic with a passion for...

The Italian Institute of Culture is delighted to announce the participation of Claudio Magris at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2018. LIFE IS A JOURNEY Wandering and wondering simultaneously, acclaimed cultural and literary philosopher Claudio Magris has drawn on countless voyages to write a collection of essays,...