Iain Dale All Talk with Alex Salmond
With Iain Dale hospitalised, the All Talk series of interviews at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival features the guest presenter, Matthew Stadlen. Interview with Alba Leader, Alex Salmond
Pleasance Opening Gala
The Pleasance Opening Gala highlights some of the shows appearing at its 30 venues in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Frontiers: Painting in Scotland Now
Frontiers: Painting in Scotland Now explores the ways in which artists are pushing the boundaries of the medium of painting and reveal it to be a vital connection between the traditions of the past and ambitions for the future of the visual arts in Scotland.
Please Right Back
Award-winning company 1927 returns to the Edinburgh International Festival with their new production, Please right back
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2024
With the Royal Navy at its helm, the 2024 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Show, Journeys, transports the audience on a cultural journey, uniting the military heritage, Scottish tradition and an international cast
Tryptich
Rising star choreographer Lewis Major is presenting the UK premiere of Triptych, one his two award-winning shows at Assembly @ Dance Base as part of the House of Oz portfolio at this year’s this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The show runs from 2-25 August at Assembly @ Dance Base
Ghost Light
Cirquework presents a sneak peek of their incredible show, Ghost Light at the Edinburgh Fringe, Underbelly Circus Hub, using a single piece of apparatus - the teeterboard.
Assembly Gala
Assembly's Gala celebrates the opening of their 2024 programme of over 230 shows. The spectacular show highlights some of the biggest and best productions playing during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the Assembly venues
YOAH
Cirquework’s hour-long Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, YOAH, exhibits a new genre of circus, combining aerial and acrobatic stunts with a modern display of light and sound to create an unmissable Japanese circus experience.
Paradisium
Paradisium, a captivating and highly visual brand-new circus performance - developed by legendary Hungarian danse-cirque company Recirquel, is at the Edinburgh Fringe from 1st August at the Assembly Roxy.
Camille O'Sullivan 20 Years at the Fringe
Cabaret superstar Camille O’Sullivan celebrates 20 years at the Fringe by recreating a photo from her first year performing in Edinburgh in 2004.
Ginger Johnson Blows Off!
Reigning Queen of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, beloved powerhouse performer Ginger Johnson, swaps her crown for a crash helmet as she brings her all-new show Ginger Johnson Blows Off! to Edinburgh Fringe 2024.
Scottish Conservatives Manifesto Launch
Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, is joined by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to unveil the General Election manifesto, which has a “laser-like focus on the real priorities of the public.”
198th RSA Annual Exhibition
Now in its 198th year, the RSA Annual Exhibition provides a platform for contemporary painting, sculpture, film, printmaking, photography and installation alongside work by some of the country’s leading architects. The exhibition will be available to view from 11 May - 16 June 2024 at the Royal Scottish Academy on The Mound in Edinburgh
Scotland's Newest Gallery
Colstoun Arts is a new venture in Colstoun House in Haddington, outside Edinburgh. It is partly about diversification and new ways to sustain a country house, and partly about starting the journey to their vision – to become a national museum for landscape art. The first exhibition at the venue, The Other Side, features large-scale works by Landscape Painter, Joe Grieve
Scottish Gallery Spring Show
The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh gets ready for Spring; hanging the works of James Morrison alongside objects from Doug Cocker, Lara Scobie and Joanne Thompson. The exhibition of works will be on display at the gallery on Dundas Street from 11 April 2024 to 1 June 2024
New Contemporaries 2024
RSA New Contemporaries, supported by Walter Scott & Partners Ltd, represents the Royal Scottish Academy’s commitment to supporting and promoting contemporary art and architecture in Scotland. As a result of a postponed exhibition during the COVID-19 pandemic, this edition of RSA New Contemporaries will be particularly expansive, with the cohorts of 2022 and 2023 both being represented
Carlos Acosta - ‘On Before’
Carlos Acosta is the world's favourite dancer, and ‘On Before’, which sees him dance a full-length show again, is a homage to his late mother and the most personal work he has ever created. He will be performing in Edinburgh on 16 and 17th February 2024
Manipulate Festival
Puppeteer Ella Mackay and ball circus performer Callum Donald launch the Manipulate Festival in Edinburgh. The full festival programme, runs from 1st to 11th February 2024 with film screenings and live performances across the city of Edinburgh
Edinburgh's Chinese New Year
Organisers of Edinburgh’s Chinese New Year Festival today announce a full programme of events and activities across the city to celebrate Chinese New Year and the start of The Year of the Dragon. The programme, which includes the Official Chinese New Year Concert, lion dances at St James Quarter, bilingual ceilidhs, tai chi sessions, calligraphy and tarot card reading, runs from 3rd to 13th February 2024