Festival Insights
The Edinburgh International Festival runs a programme of education and outreach to offer the Festival audience a deeper insight into the annual Festival programme, and to help reach those who would otherwise face barriers in accessing its work.
FESTIVAL LECTURES
Festival 07 included a series of keynote talks by some of the country’s finest and most influential writers and thinkers. Marina Warner and Karen Armstrong explored ideas of myth, legend and history found in Festival 2007 while Simon Schama looked at the notion of festivals themselves and what they mean to us.
Marina Warner Thursday 16 August 2.30pm
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Karen Armstrong Thursday 23 August 2.30pm
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Simon Schama Monday 27 August 2.30pm
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HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY
Discussions exploring the first 60 years of the Edinburgh International Festival and looking forward to the future.
Ways of Remembering
Richard Demarco in discussion with Ruth Wishart.
Wednesday 15 August 2.30pm
What Really Happened?
Sheila Colvin in discussion with Magnus Linklater.
Wednesday 22 August 2.30pm
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The Future
The Directors of the International, Tattoo, Fringe, Book and Film festivals discuss the future.
Wednesday 29 August 2.30pm
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CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTISTS
A series of talks from artists involved in Festival 07.
Alan Cumming, David Greig and John Tiffany
The all-star theatre team responsible for The Bacchae talks about the process of recreating and staging a Greek masterpiece for 21st century audiences.
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Elizabeth LeCompte and The Wooster Group
A rare opportunity to hear this iconic theatre group discuss their work.
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Benjamin Bagby
Benjamin Bagby talks about how he reconstructed Beowulf.
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Paul Hillier
An internationally acclaimed choral conductor, Paul Hillier shares his knowledge, his vision and his views on choral music today.
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Trisha Brown Dance Company
Irene Hultman, choreographer and Rehearsal Director of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, talks about the work of the company.
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The Tiger Lillies
Meet these off the wall, super inventive musicians and hear their weird and wonderful world.
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Chiara Banchini and Nicholas McGegan
Two world experts of the baroque in conversation about their careers.
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Maude Mitchell
Co-adaptor and actor in Mabou Mines DollHouse, Maude Mitchell talks about her work on the role of Nora.
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Katrina Brown and Richard Wright
Curator Katrina Brown and artist Richard Wright talk about the inspirations behind Jardins Publics.
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Markus Stenz
The Music Director of Capriccio and the Gurzenich Orchestra, shares his experiences of conducting this historic ensemble.
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Cathis Boyd and the T'ang Quartet
Scottish based Theatre Cryptic and the T'ang Quartet from Singapore talk about international collaborations and crossing the traditional boundaries of artforms.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
An opportunity to observe how new work is created and developed, this new Festival strand presents work-in-progress from a wide range of artists and companies.
SHARING THE FESTIVAL
In its first year Sharing the Festival begins a process of taking the Festival experience to other areas of Scotland. Benjamin Bagby’s tour de force Beowulf travelled to the following venues.
Friday 10 August 07
Woodend Barn, Banchory Tel 01330 825431
Monday 13 August 07
Woodwick House, Evie, Orkney Tel: 01856 751330
WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
The Festival runs a programme of work creating relationships with young people and adults including the Bank of Scotland Connecting to Music programme which works with over 1000 primary school pupils every year. Projects for secondary schools in 2007 included the Herald Young Critics, a Scottish Ballet outreach programme and a series of theatre workshops in June and August.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The Edinburgh International Festival offers professional development opportunities through the National Theatre of Scotland Emerging Directors programme.
TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY MASTERCLASSES
A wonderful opportunity to work with this superb company.
Saturday 26 August, 2.30pm 2007 (advanced and intermediate)
Masterclass places can be booked through Dancebase for £6. Tel: 031 225 5525. PLEASE NOTE: This event has now passed.
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL CREATIVE FELLOW
Since 2003 the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh has supported and hosted an annual Edinburgh International Festival Creative Fellow. The 2007 Fellow was Sally Hobson, the Festival’s Programme Development Manager.
