Thu 21 Nov 2019
David Thomas Broughton + Thor & Friends
19:30 - 22:30
A double-headline show featuring David Thomas Broughton and Thor & Friends. Support from Faith Eliott. David Thomas Broughton Celebrated live performer exploring awkwardness through songs of beauty and... [more]
Sat 23 Nov 2019
The Dissection: Arab Strap's Philophobia
20:00 - 22:00
The Dissection returns to Summerhall, a series of music and conversation dedicated to exploring classic Scottish albums with the people who made them. Under the microscope this time is Arab Strap’s seminal 1998... [more]
Sat 23 Nov 2019
Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the University of Edinburgh
Makin Babies & the Law
14:00 - 16:00
Learn about the law regulating fertility treatment and feminist critiques of the same. Explore the legislation and case law which regulates embryo production and the devastating consequences this regulation can have... [more]
Sat 23 Nov 2019
Rhythm Machine
23:00 - 03:00
Rhythm Machine is a monthly club night based in arts venue & former veterinary school Summerhall.Each month resident DJs Yves and William Francis (and guests) play unboundaried dance music across genres on the main... [more]
Sun 24 Nov 2019
Short Cuts (15) - film screening
17:00 - 19:00
Your chance to discover new film talents on screen and in person as part of the French Film Festival UK. All films with English subtitles. Featuring: Let Me Dance / Laissez-moi Danser (12A) by director Valérie... [more]
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Fri 29 Nov 2019
World Headquarters & Nat Turner Live
100% Soul with Voices of Virtue Gospel Choir (live)
19:00 - 22:00
100% Soul with Voices of Virtue Gospel Choir (live), returns to Summerhall this November. This amazing show sold out at this Summer's Festival literally weeks in advance... The outstanding Voices of Virtue Gospel... [more]
Fri 29 Nov 2019
Oh Les Filles! Haut Les Filles (12A) - screening & dance
18:30 - 20:00 (film) / 20:30 - 23:00 (dance)
Please note - the film screening will be followed by a 60s dance event in the Library Gallery - tickets available for both and for film only. The non-fiction feature posits that rock-and-roll history did not start... [more]
Sat 30 Nov 2019
Summerhall and St. Andrew's Fair Saturday present: Fair Play
19:30 - 22:30
'Fair Saturday: A global movement supporting social causes through art and culture.’ Edinburgh’s favourite independent performing arts venue Summerhall has teamed up with international cultural phenomenon Fair... [more]
Sun 01 Dec 2019
Aldous Harding
15:00 - 18:00 / 19:30 - 22:30 (sold out)
An artist of rare calibre, Aldous Harding does more than sing; she conjures a singular intensity. Her body and face a weapon of theatre, Harding dances with steeled fervor, baring her teeth like a Bunraku puppet's... [more]
Tue 03 Dec 2019
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Thu 05 Dec 2019
Filmville
Utopia Film Festival
19:00 - 21:15
Utopia Film Festival celebrates a decade as the showcase for Portuguese spoken film in the UK. This year, the festival has partnered with the University of Edinburgh and MotelX for an exclusive event at Summerhall:... [more]
Fri 06 Dec 2019
The Chats
19:00 - 22:00
The Chats are a pub-punk shed-rock band from Queensland Australia. They began playing together in high school, releasing their debut self-titled EP a month away from graduating. About nine months out of high school, The... [more]
Fri 06 Dec 2019
Cold Turkey's Warm Stuffing: Kathryn Joseph, Hollie McNish, Michael Pedersen, Withered Hand
19:30 - late
Kathryn Joseph joins us for Cold Turkey this December - the haunting songs of Kathryn's debut album Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood You've Spilled won the Scottish Album of the Year Award in 2015 Hollie... [more]
Fri 06 Dec 2019
Gremlins (12A) - screening
19:00
Don't get them wet.Don't expose them to bright light.Don't feed them after midnight.A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on... [more]
Sat 07 Dec 2019
Krampus (15) - screening
19:00
While the holiday season represents the most magical time of year, ancient European folklore warns of Krampus, a horned beast who punishes naughty children at Christmastime. When dysfunctional family squabbling... [more]
Sun 08 Dec 2019
Summerhall Christmas Market 2019
11:00-17:00
This year's Christmas Market takes place on Sunday 8th December 2019 and will be as jam-packed as ever with local businesses selling top quality unique products and food vendors serving up delicious food and drink... [more]
Sun 08 Dec 2019
Annecy Animation (PG) - film screening
continuous shows from 12:00 - 16:30
Drop-in screenings for all ages from 12 noon to 16.30 add to the fun of Summerhall Christmas Market. The programmes comprises a selection of animation titles from the Annecy Animation Festival/Festival... [more]
Sun 08 Dec 2019
Getting Creative with Air Plants
15:00 - 16:00
Join TeenieTingsTerrariums in a Xmas Workshop with a difference. You will be creating a beautiful glass bauble to keep or to give as an unique gift. You have the opportunity to create something special using Air Plants... [more]
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Fri 13 Dec 2019
Dreadzone
19:00 - 23:00
One of the most energetic, exciting and powerful live bands to emerge from the post-rave scene, Dreadzone have steadily been releasing albums and progressively bettering, refining and perfecting their own unique and... [more]
Fri 13 Dec 2019
The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG) - screening
19:00
The Nightmare Before Christmas follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack... [more]
Fri 13 Dec 2019
Anatomy Arts
Anatomy #22: DECIMATE
20:00 - 22:00
Anatomy is an arts producer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our core events are our famous sell-out quarterly cabarets, which feature every three months a wild variety of performance acts from Scotland and further... [more]
Sat 14 Dec 2019
Siobhan Wilson & Friends
19:00 - 22:00
To celebrate the release of her upcoming EP release this Winter, Edinburgh-based Siobhan Wilson returns to the Summerhall Dissection Room to enchant you with emotionally-driven, ethereal songs. The EP ... [more]
Sat 14 Dec 2019
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (15) - screening
19:00
A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his friend Juuso (Ilmari Järvenpää) think a secret mountain drilling project near their home in northern Finland has uncovered the tomb of Santa Claus. However, this a... [more]
Sun 15 Dec 2019
Christmas & Co. / Santa & Cie (PG) - screening
17:00 - 18:45
Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 workers responsible for manufacturing children’s toys all become sick at the same time! It’s a tough moment for Santa, better known as Father Christmas.... [more]
Tue 17 Dec 2019
Edinburgh Ceilidh Club
20:00 - 23:00
The Edinburgh Ceilidh Club bring you Edinburgh's best regular ceilidhs. Every Tuesday evening we have the best of Scottish ceilidh bands at Summerhall. The bands have a caller who will teach the dances, so the event is... [more]
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours: Performed by The Transatlantic Ensemble - Xmas Special
20:00 - 23:00
The outstanding Transatlantic Ensemble, return to Summerhall Edinburgh this Xmas, to perform Fleetwood Mac's iconic Rumours album, live on the evening of Wednesday December 18th. If you’ve were lucky enough to... [more]
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Summerhall Singers
Summerhall Singers Winter Concert
19:30 - 20:30
Join the Summerhall Singers community choir at their annual winter concert. This year, our theme is 'metal'! Expect an eclectic mix of songs, old and new, and some Christmas Carols thrown into the mix. Suitable for all... [more]
Fri 20 Dec 2019
Lost Map Presents: Starz In Their Eyes
20:00 - 01:00
BELIEVE YOUR EYES. After a short 6 year hiatus it's BACK and get ready for YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS playing as YOUR OTHER FAVOURITE BANDS. If you were lucky enough to attend previous sold-out Starz events... [more]
Fri 20 Dec 2019
The Grinch (PG) - screening
19:00
In this live-action adaptation of the beloved children's tale by Dr. Seuss, the reclusive green Grinch (Jim Carrey) decides to ruin Christmas for the cheery citizens of Whoville. Reluctantly joined by his hapless dog,... [more]
Sat 21 Dec 2019
Scrooged (PG) - screening
19:00
In this modern take on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life, Claire... [more]
Tue 31 Dec 2019
Magic Nostalgic: Hogmanay Party
21:30 - 03:00
A cult favourite since its inception in 2009, your Hogmanay is at the mercy of the Wheel! At Magic Nostalgic, every half an hour someone (and it could be you) is invited up on stage to spin a wheel. Wherever it lands... [more]
Thu 30 Jan 2020
MICHAEL HEAD & THE RED ELASTIC BAND
19:30 - 23:00
Liverpool’s Michael Head brings his band The Red Elastic Band to Edinburgh in 2020. Making his name as a member of The Pale Fountains alongside Chris “Biffa” McCaffrey, Head has built a cult following of loyal... [more]
Fri 31 Jan 2020
The Ninth Wave + Savage Mansion + Heir of the Cursed
19:30 - 22:30
The Ninth Wave, Savage Mansion & Heir of the Cursed come to Summerhall this January. The Ninth Wave are a four-piece band whose music is majestic dark post-punk laced with stealth pop hooks and a... [more]
Fri 31 Jan 2020
Fri 31 Jan 2020
A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego
20:30 - 21:20
Company: Jordan & Skinner Andrea has been giving her lecture, but it's not been going well. Previous presentations were marred by protests. She's hoping the open-minded audience at manipulate will hear her out.... [more]
Fri 31 Jan 2020
Cirqulation: Other Worlds
21:30 - 22:30
Company: Delighters Supporting: Cascade Juggling Cirqulation is Scotland's ongoing circus cabaret night, showcasing new acts by established and emerging artists. Featuring Scottish and international guest... [more]
Fri 31 Jan 2020 - Sat 01 Feb 2020
Metamorphosis: The Animated Body
10:00 - 17:00
Company: Nataly Lebouleux & Kieran Sheehan (Improbable Dolls) Supporting: Art Council England, Home. ALRA. Superbia, Waterside Arts, Creative Industries Trafford A workshop for confident dancers and... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Ma Biche et Mon Lapin
14:00, 15:00
Company: Collectif Aïe Aïe Aïe Supporting: Ministère de la Culture - DRAC de Bretagne, Conseil Régional de Bretagne, Conseil Départemental d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Ville de Rennes et Rennes Métropole. A show on... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Pearly Oyster Productions: A Retrospective
17:30
From potato prints to dancing clarinet reeds, the drawings of Eduardo Paolozzi to Queen Boudica, Roger Ballen's photographs to the everyday challenges faced by one random person - a weird and wonderful programme of... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
A Taste of Quebec
15:30 - 16:25
Company: Festival Stop Motion Montréal Founded in 2009, Festival Stop Motion Montréal, the world's first festival devoted exclusively to stop frame animation, presents a brilliantly diverse selection of some of... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Twa Pirate Quines
14:30 - 14:50 & 15:30 - 15:50
Company: Fiona Oliver Larkin Support: Puppet Animation Scotland, Creative Scotland, Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre "My great grandma was a pirate." "No, really she was. I found this old trunk, see, in the... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Animated Highlights: 2019
14:00 - 14:55
Company: Edinburgh Short Film Festival manipulate are delighted to welcome Edinburgh Short Film Festival. This year they have curated another dynamic and vibrant programme of award-winning international short... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Transfigured
20:30 - 21:40
Company: Oceanallover In 2002 on a country road, a pack of cards was thrown from a car window and over a hedge. While in the air the pack burst open and the cards were scattered across hedge and field and road. Some... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Shadow Bird
14:45, 15:45
Company: Mary & David Grieve Supporting: Puppet Animation Scotland, Creative Scotland, Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre Rod and shadow puppetry, immersive light-projections and music, telling a melancholic... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Island Home
16:30, 18:15
Company: Katanari Combining storytelling, object theatre, puppetry, pop-up and art installation elements, Slovakian puppeteer Katarina Cakova weaves together short symbolic stories to create an allusive,... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Verge is Burning
16:45 - 17:25
Company: Jamie Rea A man, an eccentric, stands on the edge, confronted with a choice. Choose who you are. Create your armour. Control whatever it is that confronts you. An eccentric man in a suit? What is real?... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Finger Fatale
16:45, 17:45
A burlesque-inspired ‘hand-tease’, celebrating the fluidity, versatility and down-right sexy movement that a hand can perform. A short form piece of hand puppetry which cheekily celebrates one person’s awakening... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Story of Now
18:45 - 19:15
Company: Third Thread Arriving in this moment, with ourselves, with each other, with you. We listen and respond to what is present, telling a short form story of now through movement, media, silence and sound.... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Obvious Unrest
16:30 - 17:10
Company: Faux Theatre Collective Supporting: Creative Scotland A high impact low-tech exploration of the force and grip of intense mood. Text free visual theatre with live music which explores the effects of... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Pitch Event
14:15 - 15:15
Company: Surge Two work in progress performances from the recipients of 2019 Surge Bursaries exploring dynamic and challenging physical theatre in an indoor setting. The recipients have worked with leading... [more]
Sat 01 Feb 2020
Temple of the Tattie
14:15, 15:15, 16:15, 17:15
Company: Temporary Commons The gods left this place some time ago, weary of our fractious fighting. All we have now is trade and agriculture. Food, a precious commodity. We turn to it's elusive magic for guidance.... [more]
Mon 03 Feb 2020 - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Nasty Puppets
10:00 - 17:00
Company: Gavin Glover A workshop with leading puppeteer Gavin Glover for all inquisitive theatre practitioners - actors, dancers, puppeteers, physical theatre practitioners, film makers and directors - who want to... [more]
Mon 03 Feb 2020 - Sat 08 Feb 2020
Cabaret@Manipulate
19:45 - 20:15 (Doors 7pm)
Join us each evening at our festival café from 7PM for socialising, drinks and informal cabaret performances presented by some of Scotland's leading physical and visual theatre makers. There will also be late night... [more]
Mon 03 Feb 2020
Tue 04 Feb 2020
Dreams of the Small Gods
21:00 - 21:50
Creator: Zinnia Oberski Support: Creative Scotland Woman as animal, as human, as goddess or spirit-being - visited by a horned magus - this creative is called upon to transform herself. Inspired by the... [more]
Tue 04 Feb 2020
La Cérémonie
18:00 - 18:40
Company: Tortoise in a Nutshell and Collectif Aïe Aïe Aïe Supporting: Puppet Animation Scotland, French Institute, Rennes City Council The ritual of observance and procedures. A grand performance. Once voiced... [more]
Wed 05 Feb 2020 - Thu 06 Feb 2020
Fault Lines
21:00- 22:15
Company: Two Destination Language A fashion show on the fracture between feminism and fabric. A catwalk which takes you from Haute Couture to bargain bin, from big beats to near silence. Five diverse performers... [more]
Thu 06 Feb 2020
Fri 07 Feb 2020 - Sat 08 Feb 2020
Open The Owl
21:00 (both days), 17:00 (8th Feb)
Company: Lutkovno Gledališče Ljubljana / Centre Dramatique National D'Alsace Supporting company: Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Culture, City of Ljubljana A man is given the chance to gain all the worldly... [more]
Sat 08 Feb 2020
CRITICAL RESPONSE PROCESS: A PRIMER
14:00 - 17:00
Liz Lerman's Critical Response Process (CRP) is a method for giving and getting feedback on work in progress, designed to leave the maker eager and motivated to get back to work. Join us for a half day event where you... [more]
Sat 08 Feb 2020
After Metamorphosis
15:30 - 17:00
Company: Lewis Sherlock & Ali Maloney When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect… A choreography of movement, words, and visuals... [more]
Sat 15 Feb 2020
Lisa O'Neill
19:30 - 23:00
Lisa O’Neill started writing songs & music at an early age in her native Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan, Ireland. She moved to Dublin, aged 18, to study music on a full time basis. Early on she was welcomed... [more]
Mon 17 Feb 2020
Black Midi
19:00 - 22:00
London's Black Midi make an otherworldly noise that spans wonky post-punk, funk and math rock, leaving no gap unfilled or un-weird. Their exceptional debut album Schlagenheim was nominated for the Mercury Prize and they... [more]
Fri 28 Feb 2020
London Astrobeat Orchestra celebrate Abbey Road
19:30 - 22:30
It's 50 years since The Beatles’ last ever recorded studio album Abbey Road, so London Astrobeat Orchestra have prepared a special night to celebrate. The iconic album topped the charts for months after its... [more]
Sat 29 Feb 2020
The Big Moon
19:00 - 22:00
The Big Moon is a London four-piece band formed in 2014 by Juliette Jackson. Their debut album, Love in the 4th Dimension, was released on 6 April 2017, containing a number of singles previously released on their... [more]
Fri 13 Mar 2020
Wolfgang Flür (Ex-Kraftwerk)
19:30 - 23:00
A member of Kraftwerk during the group's golden era, Wolfgang Flür was the band's electronic percussionist from 1973 to 1987. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Flur became the third member of the band in 1973,... [more]
Sun 22 Mar 2020
Yorkston Thorne Khan
19:30 - 22:30
Yorkston Thorne Khan are touring the UK in support of their third album, Navarasa: Nine Emotions, tackling Robert Burns and Sufi poetry via Dick Gaughan and Amīr Khusrow Dehlavī, traditional Scottish songs, ragas and... [more]
Sun 29 Mar 2020
Lee Scratch Perry
19:30 - 23:00
Regarded with awe throughout the music world, Lee “Scratch” Perry holds status as one of the most enduring and original reggae producers and artists of all time. From his early days in the 1960’s as a singer and... [more]
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Grace Petrie
19:30 - 22:30
Grace Petrie’s unique takes on life, love and politics, and the warmth and wit with which they are delivered, have won over an army of loyal fans across the alternative, folk, political and comedy scenes. She’s... [more]
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Viagra Boys
19:00 - 23:00
Viagra Boys are a Swedish post-punk band from Stockholm. The band formed in 2015, with several members coming from the bands Les Big Byrd, Pig Eyes and Nitad. In 2018, they released their debut album Street Worms.... [more]