| | Arts Info eBulletin
June 2011 |
| | Festivals at Queen's Hall |
 The Queen's Hall plays a vital role in three separate Festivals and this year will run for seven weeks with more than 50 performances taking place under their roof - phew!
It starts with the Jazz and Blues Festival (Friday 22 - Sunday 31 July) with the Fringe (Friday 5 - Sunday 28 August) and International Festival (Saturday 13 August - Saturday 3 September) following.
Tickets are available now on 0131 668 2019 or www.thequeenshall.net
www.thequeenshall.net
The Queens Hall, 85-89 Clerk St, Edinburgh, EH8 9JG |
|  Ballroom Practice Sessions
Sunday 12 June, 3.30 - 5.30pm
£10 (£8 concessions)
Here's the floor and the music for you to practise both your Ballroom and Latin dances! These include: waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, tango, cha-cha, rumba, samba and jive - the choice is yours. Jane and Marina will be on hand to offer guidance and coaching over the session. Work at your own level, gain assistance and help to improve your dancing. All levels welcome!
Click here to book, or make a booking over the phone on 0131 225 5525 or at Dance Base 14-16 Grassmarket.
 Twist and Shout
Sunday 12 June, 1pm - 3pm
£18 (£14.50)
Empty your hairspray canister and come celebrate pop art, beehives and more. Swing back to the 60s to learn the high energy dance crazes from the hip-shakin' Twist to the surf-style Frug, and perhaps get ready for Madison time by learning the biggest line dance of its time. Here's hoping you like your potatoes mashed! All Levels.
Limited availability! So book quickly.
Click here to book, or make a booking over the phone on 0131 225 5525 or at Dance Base 14-16 Grassmarket.
Drop-in Classes at Dance Base Not sure what dance style to try or need to be flexible?
If you're not sure which dance style is for you or can't commit to a whole term, drop-in classes are for you. You can join a drop-in class at any point during the term and pay for your place on the day of your class. Click here for the list of drop-in classes. For more information call 0131 225 5525 or email dance@dancebase.co.uk.
Sign Up to d-mail, Dance Base's weekly e-newsletter, for the latest information on dance at www.dancebase.co.uk.
www.dancebase.co.uk
Dance Base, 14-16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2JU |
| National Theatre Connections Festival 2011 Royal Lyceum Theatre |
|  National Theatre Connections Festival 2011
Tuesday 14 - Friday 17 June
National Theatre Connections is a nationwide celebration of young theatre talent. Ten thrilling new plays have been commissioned by the National Theatre from some of today's most exciting writers. Now, young theatre companies perform them for the first time in what promises to be an exciting, lively and inspiring event.
Performances are double bills starting at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from the Lyceum Box Office on 0131 248 4848 at £8/ £5 (conc.)
For full details see www.lyceum.org.uk/connections.
www.lyceum.org.uk
Lyceum Theatre, Grindlay Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9AX. |
| Tell Me On A Sunday - 2 for 1 Ticket Offer Edinburgh Playhouse |
|  Tell Me On A Sunday
Wednesday 15 - Saturday 18 June
£15.00 - £26.50
Following the sell-out 2010 UK tour, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's Tell Me On A Sunday returns for 2011.
Remodelled for Claire Sweeney by the masters of musical theatre, Tell Me On A Sunday charts the romantic misadventures of a young English girl in New York. Brimming with optimism, she seeks success and love. But as she weaves her way through the maze of the city and her own anxieties, frustrations and heartaches, she begins to wonder whether she's been looking for love in all the wrong places.
"A great show. One of the best I've seen" - What's On Stage
Arts Workers Offer: 2 for 1 Tickets!*
To book, call 0844 871 3014 or visit the Edinburgh Playhouse Box Office and quote "New York 2 for 1".
*Subject to availability. Applies to Wednesday - Friday evenings and Saturday matinee. Does not apply to tickets already purchased.
 Jekyll & Hyde
Monday 20 - Saturday 25 June
£12.50 - £39.50
A brand new production of the smash hit Broadway musical! Marti Pellow, the hugely successful solo artist and front man of Wet Wet Wet, makes a hotly-anticipated return to the UK stage in a major new production of the hit Broadway musical, Jekyll & Hyde.
Glamorous, sexy and deliciously wicked in equal measures, Jekyll & Hyde is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic gothic novella with book and lyrics by the Academy Award-winning composer Leslie Bricusse (Scrooge, Doctor Dolittle). Pellow stars as the brilliant but obsessive scientist whose sadistic alter ego wreaks havoc across Victorian London in this dark tale of love, redemption and the seductive power of evil.
"Spectacular, an exceptionally entertaining rollercoaster of a show" - The Herald
 Midnight Tango
Tuesday 28 June - Saturday 2 July
£13.50 - £36.50
The stars of Strictly Come Dancing in the theatrical event of the year with live music from Tango Siempre. Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace have dazzled television audiences for 6 series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing with their stunning Tango routines. Now they have created their own live show, Midnight Tango, a breathtaking evening bringing all the drama, sensuality and elegance of this most exciting of dance forms to life.
"As thrilling as dance gets" - Arlene Phillips
Book now on 0844 847 1660 or at www.edinburghplayhouse.org.uk.
www.edinburghplayhouse.org.uk
Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place Edinburgh EH1 3AA |
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Usher Hall
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 | | | Robots and Wingwalkers at the National Museum of Flight |
|  Robots Live!
Sunday 19 June, 10am - 4pm
Join Robots Live! and watch competitors from Robot Wars battle it out in the shadow of Concorde. Meet the scientists shaping our future and get hands-on in their interactive workshops. Join in our technical challenge to see if you could be the 'family of the future'. Age restrictions may apply for some activities. To book call: 0300 123 6789.
Adults: £10.50/£8.50, Children: £5 (under 5 free),
Family tickets: £27.50
Airshow Saturday 23 July, 10am - 5pm
Join us for a fun-filled family day out. Enjoy activities on the ground and in the air, with activity workshops, demonstrations and hours of exciting aerial displays. The flight line-up includes the Bronco which has never been seen in Scotland before. For more information visit www.nms.ac.uk/airshow. Early bird tickets on sale now. To book call: 0300 123 6789.
Adults: £16/£14, Children 5-15: £8, Children 0-4: Free, Family ticket: £38
http://www.nms.ac.uk/flight
National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, EH39 5LF |
| Design insights at the National Museum of Scotland |
|  A Passion for Glass
Thursday 9 June, 2pm (45mins)
Join Rose Watban, Curator of A Passion for Glass, to hear more about the exhibition and our contemporary glass collection.
Free - ticket required. Call 0300 123 6789 to book
Make Your Mark Sunday 12 June, 12pm - 4pm (drop-in)
Be inspired by some of the beautiful objects in our exhibition and create your own engraved piece to take home. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Free
www.nms.ac.uk
National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF |
Celebrate Midsummer at the Royal Botanic Gardens
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Midsummer at the Botanics Tuesday 21 June, 6pm - 10.30pm
Enjoy the longest day of the year with a special late opening of the Botanics until 10.30pm.
Explore Inverleith House, the Garden, the Glasshouses (free after 5.30pm) and the Gateway after hours... food and special events await you! - Celebrate 25 years of Inverleith House with free tours of the Thomas Houseago - The Beat of the Show and John Hope - An Enlightened Botanist exhibitions.
- Mark the International Year of Forests with outdoor storytelling sessions for adults and children aged 8+ from the Talking Trees Storytellers and a family-friendly self-guided tree trail around the Garden.
- View two stunning new exhibitions in the Gateway: Gold Glass Rubber and Recycling by top Danish designers, and Found in the Fields by Carry Ackroyd featuring poems by John Clare.
- Refresh your senses with mini-treatments from Napiers the Herbalists in the Gateway's Real Life Science Studio.
- Enjoy evening refreshments and shopping!
View the full programme at the RBGE website.
www.rbge.org.uk
20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR
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Mike Maran Productions presents
 Italia 'n' Caledonia
By Mike Maran and Philip Contini Wednesday 22 June, 7.30pm From the company that brought us A Funny Valentine, Picasso and Me and Captain Correlli's Mandolin, this is a heart-warming story of the Italians who emigrated 100 years ago and started new lives in Scotland. It's an adventure story about a generation of Italians who left their sunny hillsides; a success story about families who opened small businesses; a tragic story about the terrible years of the Second World War that left Italian families in Britain vulnerable and exposed; and a brave story of healing and thriving in the post war years as 2nd and 3rd generation Scottish Italians make a unique contribution to life in contemporary Scotland. Italia n' Caledonia celebrates everything that is great about Italy and Scotland. Tickets: £11 (£9) £6 under 18s
 London Classic Theatre presents
Ghosts By Henrik Ibsen, new version by Frank McGuiness
Friday 24 & Saturday 25 June, 7.30pm
Helene Alving is preparing for the opening of an orphanage, built in memory of her late husband. Her beloved artist son, Oswald, has returned from Paris to honour the occasion but his long awaited homecoming rapidly descends into tragedy as his presence triggers the exposure of a dark story of hypocrisy and betrayed love. Ibsen's study of hidden passions and family secrets remains as dramatically alive as ever in Frank McGuiness' vital new version.
Tickets: £11 (£9) £6 under 18s
 The King's Speech
Monday 27 June, 7.30pm
The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter and directed by Tom Hooper, it swept the boards at this year's Academy Awards.
Tickets: £5.60/ £5.10 (£5.10 / £4.60)
Black Swan Thursday 30 June, 7.30pm
Oscar winning actress Natalie Portman stars as Nina, a ballerina who wins the lead in Swan Lake and who is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan Princess Odette. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Mila Kunis) who impresses Leroy, the artistic director. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her. Directed by Darren Aronofsky.
Tickets: £5.60/ £5.10 (£5.10 / £4.60)
 Verve
Wednesday 29 June 7.30pm
A night of energetic, though provoking contemporary dance performed by dancers from Verve, the award winning postgraduate performance company of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance.
Tickets: £10.50 (£8.50) £6 under 18s
Book now! 0131 665 2240 or www.bruntontheatre.co.uk.
www.bruntontheatre.co.uk
Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, Musselburgh EH21 6AA |
| Edinburgh International Festival |
 The Edinburgh International Festival (Friday 12 August - Sunday 4 September) will present the finest orchestras, ensembles and soloists as part of its classical music concert series at the Usher Hall this August. World renowned companies and artists including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Ravi Shankar, Martha Argerich and Karita Mattila will join local performers including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to present a rich and varied programme of traditional Asian music and Western classical repertoire inspired by the vibrant cultures of the East.
This year the Festival opens with a fabulous production of Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri. With Sir Roger Norrington at the helm of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and accompanied by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Schumann's exotic and beguiling work will make for a memorable start to Festival 2011.
Find out more about the full festival programme, browse the digital brochure and book tickets online at eif.co.uk.
www.eif.co.uk
The Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh, EH1 2NE |
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