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Summerhall’s 2016 festival programme, a feast of theatre, performance, dance, visual art and music for audiences of all ages, is on sale now via the Edinburgh Fringe box office.

Dennis & Debbie Club, Fiona Anderson, Lewis Den Hertog and Kieran Curran (aka MC TRUE FACTS) explore the utopian and dystopian possibilities of life on planet earth and beyond in the ground floor galleries with group exhibition The Human’s Planet …

Sarah Dawson introduced this year’s Africa in Motion season of films showing in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The opening night birthday party is on the 23rd October at Summerhall and the season continues till the end of October with a screening …


The work and life of Martha Gellhorn, the great war correspondent who covered practically every trouble-spot on earth for six decades, including the Spanish Civil War, D-Day, Dachau, Viet Nam, Greenham Common, El Salvador and Mandela’s inauguration. Gellhorn’s main message …

Mark Thomas explores the importance of public spaces, how we work and relate to each other in his Edinburgh Fringe play, ‘Trespass Work in Progress’. Trespass carries on from where Mark’s previous show 100 Acts of Minor Dissent left off. …

Explore with us what Edinburgh Fringe is like at here at Summerhall. With performances, exhibitions and events on from the early morning until late, Summerhall is one of the most vibrant venues at the Fringe. Thank you to all of …

Director Nick Barley introduces this year’s festival programme, which features over 700 events for adults and children, and includes writers from over 55 countries. Particular highlights include a selection of authors from Mexico, picked by Mexican visual artist Gabriel Orozco, …

Natalia Palombo introduces the 9th edition of Africa in Motion Film, a yearly film festival that explores the best and most interesting films that Africa has to offer. Staged at various venues throughout Glasgow and Edinburgh, the festival puts on …

Lucinda Broadbent has been making documentary films for over 20 years, specialising in Human Rights themes. She is based in Glasgow, one of the founder members of www.mediaco-op.net. Jenny Brown, a young volunteer at Screenplay makes her film debut as …

An interview with Guardian columnist John Harris following his lecture  ‘Independence and the English: Prospects for the Left’ at the Yestival held at Summerhall on the 9th July. Far from despairing the prospect of the left in Scotland deserting the …

The month long Yestival Festival tour hits Summerhall yesterday for four days of creative politicking around the referendum question. Yestivals’ Edinburgh coordinator Jenny Lindsay introduces the team of volunteers and highlights the many locations around Scotland where Yestival has still to …

Yestival, a four-day festival of politics, debate, music, art and culture, reaches Summerhall in Edinburgh. Ross Aitchison invites us to enjoy the wide range of artists and events featured during the festival from the 9th to the 12th of July.

Children and Education Programme Director Janet Smyth, introduces this year’s Children’s Book Festival highlights, which includes many events that take a look at the First World War Centenary. The Children’s Programme at Edinburgh International Book Festival runs from the 9th …

Nick Barley, Director of Edinburgh International Book Festival, introduces this year’s programme at the launch held in Central Hall, Edinburgh. The programme has many aspects to it, and will be taking a look at the Centenary of World War One, …

Director of the Summerhall Historical Fiction Festival, Iain Gale, talks about some of this year’s programme highlights. In its second year, the Summerhall Historical Fiction Festival celebrates all that is great in historical fiction. A series of panel events, readings …

Planning and Operations Director Roy Luxford, introduces some of the highlights for this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. Edinburgh International Festival is on at various venues throughout Edinburgh, from the 8th-31st August 2014.