Summerhall News

Presented by Eclipse Theatre and Summerhall, the Eclipse Award is a groundbreaking initiative which supports Black artists to achieve the notoriously difficult but life-changing step of undertaking a run at the... [more]

Summerhall has just added more tickets for in-person works in its 10th Summerhall Festival Programme running 6-29 August 2021 as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The capacity increase comes as the Scottish... [more]

Year-round cultural hub Summerhall has launched its 10th Summerhall Festival Programme running 6-29 August 2021. After the challenges of 2020-21, the programme spans online and in-person performances and sees... [more]

We have re-imagined Summerhall’s artist development programme in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated public health restrictions. This iteration of the programme comprises Labs, offering artists... [more]

Art, science and technology collide in Syncrasy - Summerhall and ASCUS Art & Science’s co-curated Edinburgh Science Festival exhibition. Made up of three exhibitions: We Began As Part of The Body by Beverley... [more]

Established in 2019 by Popcorn Group, the Popcorn Writing Award celebrates fearless work which playfully and artistically questions and addresses current affairs, societal trends and contributes positively to... [more]

Applications for Summerhall's Spring 2021 Artist Development Programmes are now live! We have re-imagined Summerhall’s artist development programme in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated public... [more]

An update from Summerhall's General Manager, Rowan Campbell: Today marks one year and one day since lockdown began, and I wanted to let you: our supporters, our audiences, our artists and our residents, know where... [more]

Summerhall is continuing to support new artistic development in the midst of continuing Covid-19 restrictions, awarding Ciara Elizabeth Smyth & Oisin Kearney and Tony Mills of Room to Manoeuvre Summerhall Lab weeks... [more]

Applications for Summerhall's Autumn 2020 artist development programmes are now live! We have re-imagined Summerhall’s artist development in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated public health... [more]

We have a desirable office space available to let in Summerhall’s TechCube, located on the East corner of the Meadows. This is a rare opportunity to join a bustling hub of like-minded, creative companies and... [more]

Last updated: 1 July 2021, 10:00 Summerhall Festival 2021 will take place from 6th - 29th August. Featuring in-person performances alongside digital shows, we'll be hosting 50+ theatre, performance and music shows... [more]

We’re looking for an early career artist based in the North to help judge The Eclipse Award 2020. After our announcement earlier this month, we’re very excited at the level of responses and applications so far... [more]

Summerhall is proud to have sponsored Broar in their successful attempt to row the Atlantic, going from La Gomera to Antigua. Broar finished the 3000 mile journey in just 35 days, 9 hours and 9 minutes, earning... [more]

www.manipulatefestival.org / @manipulatefest / #manipulate2020 / #manipulatefest Puppet Animation Scotland presents the 2020 edition of manipulate, its innovative festival of international, award-winning visual... [more]

Scotland-based writer Jenni Fagan has been selected as the 2019 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow, supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland. Fagan will become writer in residence at Edinburgh’s Summerhall... [more]

Summerhall’s galleries, cafe and reception/box office will be shut or operating on shortened hours on certain days across the festive period. December 23rd – Open as usual 24th – Exhibitions closed, cafe... [more]

Three more artists/companies will be supported by Summerhall this autumn through its Summerhall Space initiative. Summerhall Space offers artists in-kind space for one week to develop new work. The artists for the... [more]

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 move all of its workers... [more]

Applications for Summerhall’s Christmas Market 2018 open at 10:00 on Thursday 12th April. Apply here:  SHChristmasMarket2018 Submissions will close on Thursday 3rd May at 10:00.   This years... [more]