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The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around the middle of August. By invitation from the General Director, the International Festival brings top class performers of opera, theatre, music (especially classical music) and dance from around the world to perform. The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artists own body, face and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some...
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History
The first International Festival (and the first Festival Fringe, although it wasn't known as such until later) took place in 1947, in the wake of the Second World War, with an optimistic remit to 'provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit' and enrich the cultural life of Scotland, Britain and Europe. The founders of the Festival included Rudolf Bing, (then the General Manager of Glyndebourne Opera Festival), Henry Harvey Wood the Head of the British Council in Scotland, and a group of civic leaders from the City of Edinburgh. The festivals have taken place every August since. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Today In 1999, the International Festival moved to a permanent home in The Hub, formerly 'The Highland Tolbooth' - an architecturally remarkable building a couple of minutes' walk from Edinburgh Castle, originally built as an assembly house for the Church of Scotland. Its gothic spire is the highest point in central Edinburgh, and can be seen for many miles around. This article is about the year. ...
Silhouette of the spire of the building The Hub, at the top of Edinburghs Royal Mile, is the home of the Edinburgh International Festival, and a central source of information on all the Edinburgh Festivals. ...
The castle dominates the Edinburgh skyline as seen here from Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh Castle is an ancient fortress which, from its position atop Castle Rock, dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh, and is Scotlands second most visited tourist attraction, after the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and...
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The Festival aims to cover its costs every year. The total budget for the 2004 Festival was £6.8 million, covered by a combination of ticket sales (27%) and other earned income - broadcast fees, publications and so on (4%); sponsorship & donations (27%); and public grants (42%, mostly from the City of Edinburgh Council). Almost 335,000 people attended EIF events in 2004. 60% of these were Scottish, another 26% came from the rest of Britain, 14% came from overseas.
Besides the performances during the Festival itself, a range of education and outreach workshops, talks and lectures take place throughout the year.
The dates for the next few International Festivals are as follow: 2007 - 10 August - 2 September; 2008 - 8 August - 31 August; 2009 - 14 August - 6 September; 2010 - 13 August – 5 September
Festival venues The principal venues of the Festival are: - Usher Hall (capacity 2,300)
- Festival Theatre (1,800), primarily used for opera productions.
- The Edinburgh Playhouse (2,900)
- Royal Lyceum Theatre (650)
- The Queen’s Hall (920)
- The Hub (420)
The Usher Hall is a concert hall located on Lothian Road, Edinburgh, Scotland. ...
The Edinburgh Festival Theatre is a performing arts venue located on Nicolson Street in Edinburgh Scotland used primarily for performances of opera and ballet, large-scale musical events, and touring groups. ...
The Royal Lyceum Theatre is a 904-seat theatre in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House, the residence at the time of legendary Shakespearean actor Henry Irving. ...
Silhouette of the spire of the building The Hub, at the top of Edinburghs Royal Mile, is the home of the Edinburgh International Festival, and a central source of information on all the Edinburgh Festivals. ...
Festival Administration Festival directors: George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood KBE (born 7 February 1923), styled The Hon. ...
Sir John Drummond CBE (11 September 1934-6 September 2006) was a British arts administratot who spent most of his career at the BBC. He was the son of a master mariner in the British India line and an Australian lieder singer. ...
Other Festivals in Edinburgh About ten other festivals are held in Edinburgh at the about the same time as the International Festival. Collectively, the entire group is referred to as the Edinburgh Festival. Most notable of these is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which started as an offshoot of the International Festival and has since grown to be the world's largest arts festival. There is no one Edinburgh Festival but those using the term are usually referring to the collection of various festivals in August and early September of each year in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...
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Further Reading Miller, E., The Edinburgh International Festival, 1947 -1996, Scolar Press, Aldershot, 1996
Bruce, G., Festival in the North: Story of the Edinburgh International Festival of the Arts, Hale, 1975
See also This is an inclusive list of opera festivals and summer seasons, and music festivals that have opera productions. ...
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Edinburgh Festival - Official web site
- The Scotsman Full coverage of EIF
- EdinburghGuide.com Previews and Reviews
- Fest Magazine, a free and independent Edinburgh Festival magazine
- ThreeWeeks a guide to the Edinburgh Festival
- A Punter's Perspective A history of the International (& other August) festivals plus links to previews/reviews
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