Edinburgh Festival

5 Questions: Donald Reid

  • Source: The List (Issue 636)
  • Date: 7 August 2009 (updated 8 August 2009)
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Donald Reid

Director of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace

Five events you’re most looking forward to at this year’s Festival

The Root of All Evil? with Vincent Cable MP and Nic Marks.
Chopin Recital by Aleksander Kudajczyk.
Yathra (Journey) by Ragamala Dance.
Rendition Monologues by iceandfire theatre.
The screening of War Requiem by Derek Jarman.

Four aims of the festival this year

To make a difference for good, to connect amazing people with other amazing people, to continue (humbly) to be the fastest growing festival in Edinburgh, and to have fun, preferably in our wonderful Festival Café.

Three speakers you’re excited about hearing this year

Naim Ateek, a Palestinian Anglican ‘liberation theologian’; Bob, a former RUC policeman talking about the pain on the Good Friday agreement for people like him; and Suhayl Saadi, author of Psychoraag and Joseph’s Box.

Two reasons why people should come

Because stuff matters and they’ll meet others who think so too.

One wish you’ve got for the future

That we infect the world virally with the antidote to the disease of violence. 99% of people want to live in peace, so it’s our turn. Just watch out for the multicoloured lizards, though.

St John’s Church, 473 2000, 9–30 August, times and prices vary. View full listings.

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