To launch our Summerhall feed, here is the Guardian‘s Lyn Gardner recommending some hot-ticket theatre around the UK. Naturally she picks up on Summerhall (and BAC‘s programme here in particular), and also mentions Quarantine‘s new work Entitled elsewhere in the piece (‘so utterly distinctive and so multi-layered’, she says of it). Entitled is also appearing [...]

Opening Times: 10:00am – hot drinks, cakes, paninis | Hot Food BBQ From 6:30pm   Come shelter from the Edinburgh rain @ Summerhall’s Courtyard Bar and Delicatessen, provided by Edinburgh’s own Victor Hugo. ‘We are passionate about food and drink and believe in trying to offer quality and choice.  A product’s origin influences its quality [...]

David Sedaris & Sue Perkins @ Summerhall for the Culture Show – Screened Thursday 18th August 7pm BBC2. The Culture Show has taken up residence at Summerhall for the second time this August, to bring viewers the best of this year’s Edinburgh Festivals. David Sedaris, Grammy Award nominated American humorist, writer, comedian, bestselling author, and [...]

Edinburgh actor Ewen Bremner inspects The Dissection Room Bar ahead of the launch of Summerhall

The latest addition to the eclectic Summerhall programme is a series of readings and discussions by Canadian poets.  Investigating subjects such as place, desire and the self, the five events represent a cross-section of current Canadian literary concerns.  You can attend all five events with a special series ticket for just £10 from the Summerhall [...]

Generally shying away from productions involving audience participation I entered Rupert Thomson’s play with a little trepidation.  Any anxieties, in fact all anxieties were magically dispelled as I was taken on what could be described as a  philosophical and mutually constructed journey. The play ‘Singapore’ begins with a volunteer from the audience taking centre stage [...]

‘Like all the coolest destinations, we haven’t actually been to Summerhall, but we’d really, really like to.’ TIME OUT Some nice words from Time Out who picked Summerhall as one of 5 venues to head to this Festival. And it seems our wonderful Dissection Room bar is, in particular, attracting some attention… http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/article/2570/dont-take-the-high-road

Here is the video of the event, produced by the Cultural Enterprise Office:

Thank you to everyone who came to Summerhall for Festival 2011. We received compliments from all quarters about the atmosphere in the venue, and that is due hugely to the audience who came to our events, exhibitions, bar, and café. Thinking of that atmosphere, a couple of moments come to mind to me personally. The [...]

By David Pollock Published: 6/8/2011 A visually striking new venue with a quirky, eclectic programme, Summerhall’s highlights include an all-night where bunk beds are provided for audience members to sleep in. David Pollock gets a guided tour The former Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is a building with history, and – for the duration [...]

Summerhall have teamed up with Theatre Ninjas an iPhone App to make purchasing tickets even easier. Just download the iPhone App entitled Theatre Ninja, then click on one of our little Ninja-helpers: Theatre Ninja, Music Ninja, Arts Ninja. They’ll take you to the listings of free tickets available today. Once you’ve chosen a show just [...]

Preview: These Silences By Stuart Kelly Published in The Scotsman: 11/8/2011 Stuart Kelly wanders away from Charlotte Square to look at a new writing event that could prove to be the ‘fringe’ the Book Festival has always been missing It is often said that the greatest testament to the success of the Edinburgh International Festival is [...]

http://totaltheatrereview.com/reviews/hotel-medea Zecora Ura / Persis Jade Maravala: Hotel Medea Seen by Dorothy Max Prior on 06/8/2011 @ Summerhall, Edinburgh | Edinburgh Festival Fringe What is your heart’s desire? What do you dream of doing? What is the strangest thing you’ve ever done? Is your heart a stone or a feather? From the very start, Hotel [...]

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