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Programme for the Edinburgh International Festival 2013 puts artists and technology centre-stage

Tod Machover, the Wooster Group and Oper Frankfurt among the EIF programme highlights

A crowd sourced orchestral work by boundary breaker Tod Machover is just one of the many highlights of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival programme. Set over three weeks this August, the EIF’s line-up includes an homage to Allen Ginsberg with…

First raft of shows from 2012 Edinburgh Fringe programme

Stewart Lee, Jimmy Carr, Rhod Gilbert and more to appear at Fringe 2012

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has revealed around 60 shows to take place at this year's event in August. The announcement comes weeks before the full line-up announcement on Thu 31 May. Comedy shows form the bulk of the latest show announcements…

Disney Pixar’s Monsters University announced for Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013

The family film will screen at the festival three weeks before release in the rest of the UK

Edinburgh International Film Festival audiences will be among the first in the UK to see Disney Pixar’s latest offering, Monsters University. The Family Gala 3D screening will take place on Sun 23 Jun in the Festival Theatre, with an exclusive schools…

Best of the Edinburgh International Film Festival

When the 62nd Edinburgh Film Festival begins on 18th June it will be more than the just the programme of films and number of celebrity appearances that is under scrutiny. This year is also the first for the festival in its new home in the cultural…

Pop up venue Checkpoint Charlie revives the spirit of the Forest Cafe

The vacant space on Bristo place is to host gigs, cabaret performances and more

Many miss the unpretentious vibes of the Forest Café, Edinburgh’s foremost independent arts and social hangout. Unfortunately the charity that owned the FC went bust in 2010 leading to it’s eventual closure and a gaping hole in Edinburgh’s cultural…

Eddie Izzard to appear at Fringe 2012

The comedian will appear alongside international guests Trevor Noah and Michael Mittermeier

Comedian Eddie Izzard is set to return to the Fringe this year for one night only. The show will feature two international special guests, Germany's Michael Mittermeier and South Africa's Trevor Noah. English-born Izzard has a long history with the…

Star Appeal: A look at reviewing trends at Edinburgh Festivals 2012

Full raw data sets of aggregated reviews from 2012 Edinburgh Festival shows now available

The Fringe may be a distant memory but here at The List we’ve been doing some post-festival number crunching. For the last four years we’ve compiled an aggregate of reviews from all the major publications reviewing at the Festival. The result is our…

Edinburgh Festival pre-sales increase in 2012 despite Olympic fever

Olympic TV viewing figures thought to have little effect on final ticket sales figure

With the 2012 London Olympics drawing sky-high television ratings – 10.7 million viewers tuned in to watch Andy Murray win gold in the Olympic tennis final last Sunday afternoon while a further 10.1 million watched Chris Hoy take his second gold on…

Fringe 2012 Bribe of the Week: Clinton the Musical

Runners up include kids' poet Joshua Seigal and dance show Leo

Our inaugural 2012 Bribe of the Week was a close call, although the painstakingly-decorated cupcakes and branded pants from Clinton: The Musical eventually won out. Aside from ticking both the tasty and utilitarian boxes, the bribe showed an…

Attention Fringe 2012 performers: we want your bribes

Buy yourself valuable exposure by sending us your promotional tat

The List is once again declaring itself susceptible to bribery for the duration of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012. Effective immediately, we will be accepting whatever t-shirts toy tractors, confections, underpants, self-portraits, office…

New episode of Doctor Who to be screened at Edinburgh Television Festival 2011

New episodes of Fresh Meat, The Killing and Comic Strip also on offer

The MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival unveiled its programme for 2011 yesterday, marking the festival’s 36th year in operation. The series of lectures, preview screenings, masterclasses, interviews and networking parties, which…

Edinburgh festival 2010: Where to drink

The Edinburgh bar guide you need for the 2010 Festival

It’s almost impossible to spend an August in Edinburgh without indulging in one of its watering holes. Niki Boyle takes the ultimate pub crawl, so you don’t have to

EIFF 2010 Best of the Fest screenings

Edinburgh International Film Festival Best of the Fest is a weekend full of screenings from the festival that have proved to be the hits of the programme among audience members, festival organisers and industry professionals. Book your tickets now at…

Nick Cave book reading announced for Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010

Musician and author Nick Cave will be appearing at the 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival. He will be reading from his book The Death of Bunny Munro, published by Edinburgh-based publisher Canongate. The reading will be part of the…

The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet's animated feature creates an Edinburgh never seen before

Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist, the film opening the 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival, puts a vision of Edinburgh, and rural Scotland, on screen like no other. Set in 1950s Edinburgh and the Western Isles, locations depicted in the animated…

Mr Nice, Pelican Blood and The Good Heart among Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010 highlights

The Edinburgh International Film Festival programme was announced today. Here are some concise highlights as selected by our film critic at The List.

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

The King of Pop at the Gates of Heaven and Hell in Edinburgh

It was bound to happen but still we at List Towers couldn’t help but raise a smile at the news that Michael Jackson at the Gates of Heaven and Hell is rocking into town and landing at the Big Belly. In a series of sketches, audiences will hear from…

Edinburgh International Film Festival announces programme

The Edinburgh International Film Festival was announced today. The programme Includes 135 features from 33 countries and includes 23 World Premieres. Highlights from the programme include opening film Away We Go from British director Sam Mendes on 17…

Best of the Fest programme at Edinburgh International Film Festival

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The List sponsors the Best of the Fest, as this Sunday provides you with a second chance to catch the best films screening at the EIFF

Kiera Knightley and Sienna Miller set for Edinburgh premiere of The Edge of Love

Edinburgh International Film Festival opening night film The Edge of Love will see the film's director John Maybury joined by headliners Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller and Matthew Rhys together with writer Sharman Macdonald on the red carpet.