Extremely Pedestrian Chorales presents the commonplace experience and movement language of the pedestrian as an act of beauty, meaning and gentle comedy. Based on the sublime harmonies of JS Bach’s famous Chorales, it pitches them into our present day lives with just a dash of punk-ish irreverence.
All Work Together is Summerhall’s new series of Songwriters circles, highlighting some of the best of Scottish music’s established and up and coming songwriting talents. The second All Work Together event features Withered Hand and Carla J. Easton & a special guest TBA.
Writer & director Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead celebrates its 40th anniversary this year! Five Michigan State University students vacation at an isolated cabin in rural Tennessee, quickly descending into a horrifying night of gore and scares as they unwittingly awake a demonic entity.
After viewing a strangely familiar ‘video nasty’ film, Enid sets out to solve the mystery of her sister’s disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality. A psychological horror steeped in ‘80s aesthetics, Censor is an atmospheric and suspenseful love letter to horror classics.
Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth (Rebecca Hall) is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. She tries as best she can to keep it together – but then nightmares come. Disturbing visions of a presence in the house calling to her, beckoning her with a ghostly allure.
Everyone in Justine’s family is a vet. And a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a brilliant and promising student. When she starts at veterinary school, she enters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world. During the first week of hazing rituals, desperate to fit in whatever the cost, she strays from her family’s principles when she eats raw meat for the first time.
An earthquake hits Paris and almost immediately unleashes a thick toxic gas that kills everyone who breathes it in. An estranged couple manage to get above the gas (it tops off at about three stories high), but in doing so leave behind their daughter who has an illness that keeps her locked in a filtered containment unit.
Take a documentary musical journey in search of the soul of Afro-Cuban music. From the communist friendships of the Cold War to today, from Havana to Bamako, we follow in the footsteps of ten young Malian musicians in musical training in Cuba, who became a founding group of world music: the legendary Maravillas of Mali. Fifty years later, this forgotten group is resurrected thanks to Maestro Boncana Maïga, its historical conductor.
It’s been eight years since Lucy unknowingly wandered onto the X Factor stage in 2012 to what would be the beginning of an incredible journey, both professionally and personally. That year being the most googled musician and 4thmost watched video in the world, combined with a tenacious work ethic, led to sold out tours across the globe and over 100 million streams. Lucy has ridden roughshod over the pigeon holes that many have tried, and still try, to put her into.
Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh present a double bill of silent cinema gems offering an extraordinary glimpse into the everyday lives of Taiwanese people in the early and mid-20th century: Director Pai Jing-jui’s 1964 short documentary A Morning in Taipei & Deng Nan-Guang’s 57-minute-long collection of 8mm short films shot between 1935 and 1941.
The Halloween night when Michael Myers returned isn’t over yet. Minutes after Laurie Strode (Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor.
From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind modern horror masterpiece The Witch, comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
It’s time for ‘Le Petit Orb’ again as Alex Paterson, along with Michael Rendall and Deep Visual Lighting, head out across the UK and Ireland this Autumn to perform a selection of The Orb’s finest recordings as voted for by YOU, the fans! (voting information provided to ticket holders). And, as a real treat for Orb fans, each show will begin with an Alex Paterson interview and curated question and answer session as Dr Alex looks back over his amazing career, using his biography ‘Babble On An’ Ting’ as the reference book. Followed by a set of Orb classics and rarities.
Renowned 1991 psychological horror The Silence of the Lambs turns 30 this year – experience this horror classic on the big screen once more this Halloween! A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
This is the one. Easily amongst the greatest dj’s of our time, Ben UFO returns to Substance for a special ‘all night long’ headlining set in the unique environs of the Summerhall Dissection Room, marking 15 years in the game.
An earthquake hits Paris and almost immediately unleashes a thick toxic gas that kills everyone who breathes it in. An estranged couple manage to get above the gas (it tops off at about three stories high), but in doing so leave behind their daughter who has an illness that keeps her locked in a filtered containment unit.
Take a documentary musical journey in search of the soul of Afro-Cuban music. From the communist friendships of the Cold War to today, from Havana to Bamako, we follow in the footsteps of ten young Malian musicians in musical training in Cuba, who became a founding group of world music: the legendary Maravillas of Mali. Fifty years later, this forgotten group is resurrected thanks to Maestro Boncana Maïga, its historical conductor.
The short comedy film festival that selects the funniest short films from across the globe, from emerging and established filmmaking talent, comes to Summerhall for 2 nights – the first celebrating our Scandanavian ‘Friends From The North’, with the second looking closer to home at ‘Local Heroes’.
The short comedy film festival that selects the funniest short films from across the globe, from emerging and established filmmaking talent, comes to Summerhall for 2 nights – the first celebrating our Scandanavian ‘Friends From The North’, with the second looking closer to home at ‘Local Heroes’.
The Edinburgh Short Film Festival once again brings some of the world’s best short films to Edinburgh and is your only chance to see one of the UK’s strongest short film programmes. From Academy Award nominees to Annecy Animation Festival Winners and Cannes winning shorts. Guest films from International Film Festivals including Brussels, Krakow, Pescara & Buenos Aires alongside the best 2021 Scottish and UK short films.
Admiral Fallow head to Edinburgh’s Summerhall for their first show in the capital in over three years! Glasgow-based 5 piece fronted by Louis Abbott produce heartbreakingly beautiful, sonically audacious and lyrically bewitching songs. Glasgow’s finest contemporary indie crew have been hard at work on their much-anticipated fourth album, so expect some exciting new tunes in amongst the classics.
Edinburgh Cinema Club and The Sommelier Collective celebrate the start of International Sherry week with a special screening of José Luis López-Linares’ 2015 documentary “Sherry & the Mystery of Palo Cortado”. Before the film begins, attendees are invited to participate in a masterclass led by a Sherry expert where they will sample three different sherries of Fino, 12yr old Cream Sherry and Palo Cortado. Salud!
The UK’s most innovative young Drummer and producer, Yussef Dayes, has gained notoriety on the international stage as a pioneer of his field. Though largely considered a “jazz” drummer, Dayes pushes beyond genre restrictions melding together everything from 70s funk to Senegalese percussion to UK grime. Dayes grew up playing along to his father’s jazz vinyl collection. This was the closest Yussef had to a formal jazz education until at age 10 when he studied under Billy Cobham (Miles Davies’ drummer) for two years.
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.
