Summerhall Festival Ends for 2018 with a rise in ticket sales
Press Release 26th August 2018The 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe marked Summerhall’s 8th year contributing to the programme. The venue continues to draw in diverse talent from across the world,... [more]
Sia producer attends 'The Ballad of the Apathetic Son and his Narcissistic Mother' at Summerhall
Sia producer David Russell attends a Summerhall show based on a mother and son’s mutual love for the Australian pop-star.The cast and crew of ‘The Ballad of the Apathetic Son and his... [more]
Music @ Summerhall
Suburban Scottish Horror, Feminist Punk Resistance and Lauren Gilmour on Closed Doors and the By David PollockAn appreciation of all kinds of music performance runs throughout Summerhall’s... [more]
Fringe venue pledges fair conditions for all following ‘landmark’ agreement
One of the biggest venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been praised by campaigners demanding better pay and conditions for reaching a “landmark” agreement.Summerhall has agreed to... [more]
£5 Previews on August 1st @ Summerhall
Enjoy many of our excellent shows for only £5 on August 1st.New Perspectives Theatre Company A FORTUNATE MANThis striking mixed media performance takes the pulse of GP practice then... [more]
KURT SCHWITTERS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
Russian Revolutionaries, Wartime Reflections and Martin Green on the groundbreaking work of artist Kurt Schwitters By David PollockThroughout August Summerhall is one of the pre-eminent places... [more]
Dance @ Summerhall
Indian Soldiers in Belgium, Shared love of Sia and Mele Void on Dancing J.G. Ballard's Concrete Island By David PollockAs ever, dance performance is an integral party of Summerhall’s Festival... [more]
Circus @ Summerhall
Amniotic Sacs, Debaucherous Convicts, and Jess Love & Sarah Bebe Holmes on the Storytelling Power of Circus. By David PollockAs contemporary circus continues to innovate and take inspiration... [more]
Returning @ Summerhall
Cloned Sheep, Extraterrestrials and Volker Gerling on Capturing Strangers' Stories and Photographic Flipbooks By David PollockWe don’t just offer a first home for shows to become Edinburgh... [more]
Queer @ Summerhall
Generous Lovers, Drag Queens and Willy Hudson on Coming Into Your OwnBy David PollockThe diversity and inclusivity of Summerhall’s Edinburgh Festival theatre programme is as important as... [more]
Summerhall Festival 2016: The Curtain Falls on an Amazing Fringe
[caption id="attachment_20979" align="alignleft" width="200"] Summerhall Festival 2016[/caption]Summerhall celebrates its most successful festival fringe to date – five years after the... [more]
Summerhall Festival 2016: Summerhall scoops an unprecedented 10 out 19 Fringe Firsts
Shows at Summerhall have won ten Fringe Firsts out of a possible 19.This week judges from the Scotsman newspaper handed out the prize for new writing at the Fringe to Scorch, Growth, One Hundred... [more]
Summerhall Festival 2016: Record Ticket Sales at Summerhall
[caption id="attachment_20937" align="alignright" width="300"] Summerhall Director Robert McDowell - picture by Dima Nechepurenko[/caption]Summerhall's Director Robert McDowell has paid tribute... [more]
Summerhall Festival 2016: A Day of French New Writing
[caption id="attachment_20932" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Best of French New Writing[/caption]Summerhall is pleased to announce that tomorrow, the 22nd of August, for one day only, we... [more]
Summerhall Festival 2016: Three more Fringe Firsts for Summerhall
Another three Summerhall shows have been awarded Fringe Firsts.Jenna Watt's Faslane, Two Man Show by Rash Dash and Us/Them by Bronks were all awarded The Scotsman's prize for new writing in the... [more]
BIGGEST AND BEST LIFE-CHANGING COMPETITION ON THE FRINGE
[caption id="attachment_20881" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tamsyn Challenger in her Hyperbowl - ©Peter Dibdin[/caption]MIND-BENDING, MOOD ENHANCING, INVIGORATING, BEYOND EXCITING.TIRED OF... [more]
NEHH Presents...WHITE + Bossy Love - TONIGHT!
[caption id="attachment_20850" align="alignleft" width="300"] WHITE[/caption]Nothing Ever Happens Here continues this evening with a brilliant set from Glasgow five-piece, WHITE; who were... [more]
NEHH Presents...Orkestra Del Sol - Tonight!
[caption id="attachment_20839" align="alignleft" width="300"] Orkestra Del Sol[/caption]We're really pleased to have our friends, Orkestra Del Sol playing in The Dissection Room tonight as part... [more]
Summerhall Festival 2016: Fringe First Awards Announced
[caption id="attachment_20823" align="alignleft" width="300"] Fringe First Winners[/caption]Summerhall are delighted to announce that three of our shows at this year's festival have been awarded... [more]
Summerhall Festival 2016: A Quick Review Roundup
[caption id="attachment_20791" align="alignleft" width="300"] Summerhall Press Coverage 2016[/caption]The stars have come out and it's only the first week of the Fringe! We've been really happy... [more]
Summerhall Festival 2016: That Fringe Friday Feeling
[caption id="attachment_20764" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cheese on Toast, Summerhall style[/caption]It's Fringe time, along with all of our excellent shows and exhibitions, we've welcomed... [more]
Summerhall Festival 2016: The Previews Have Begun
After all of our behind-the-scenes preparation, and days of transforming Summerhall, our crews have downed their tools, put on their new Summerhall uniforms and flung open the doors to a new audience... [more]
Summerhall Festival 2016 – It’s Time for the Get In
[caption id="attachment_20701" align="alignleft" width="300"] Summerhall sign, one of many[/caption]It’s the first of August, and all through Summerhall, construction, as the sign says, is... [more]
Final Fringe Review Roundup (Warning: May Contain Stars)
It may have been the final week of Fringe 2015, but Summerhall shows have remained just as popular with the press, bringing in all of these great reviews:Cinema ★★★★ The List Ndebele... [more]
Edinburgh Total Theatre Awards 2015 Recognise Two Summerhall Companies
Two Summerhall companies, Sue MacLaine and Nadia Nadarajah's Can I Start Again Please, and Portraits in Motion by Volker Gerling in association with Aurora Nova, have been recognised in The Total... [more]
Final Fringe Firsts Make Fantastic Finale For Summerhall
The Scotsman have announced the final set of Fringe First Award winners and, once again, two Summerhall shows will be heading to the World Famous Spiegeltent in St Andrew's Square to pick up their... [more]
Smash It Up Shortlisted for Amnesty International Award
Amnesty International has chosen seven outstanding Edinburgh Festival Fringe productions for the shortlist of its 2015 Freedom of Expression Award.The Award, given annually to an outstanding... [more]
A Galaxy of Stars in Summerhall's Second Week
We think that all of our shows are great! Don't just take our word for it though; have a look at the great reviews we've had this week and book your tickets for this weekend.Women’s Hour... [more]
Fringe Firsts and Fest Features - It Must Be Friday!
The Friday of the second full week of Fringe 2015 has brought yet more reasons to celebrate at Summerhall, with another two of our shows receiving The Scotsman Fringe First Award.This weeks... [more]
The Kids Have Spoken! Voice Thief Wins Primary Times Award
Summerhall's programme has something for everyone this year. Not only have ten of our shows been shortlisted for the Total Theatre Awards, it can now be announced that this year’s Primary Times... [more]