Edinburgh Festival Guide

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Pierrot Lunaire Talk

Christopher Hampson and Jane Pritchard discuss this seminal work.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Sat 17 Aug

Free / 0131 473 2000

Part of Dance Odysseys.

Reflections on Dance Odysseys

Mary Brennan, Dance Critic of The Herald, chairs a discussion with Scottish Ballet Artistic Director Christopher Hampson, Scottish Dance Theatre Artistic Director Fleur Darkin and Dance Base Artistic Director Morag Deyes.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Mon 19 Aug

Free / 0131 473 2000

Part of Dance Odysseys.

The Rite of Spring Talk

The Rite of Spring Talk with choreographer Christopher Hampson.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Sun 18 Aug

Free / 0131 473 2000

Part of Dance Odysseys.

Shaping Things: Artefacts and the 3D Printer

In this workshop led by Chris Speed, you can play at 3D Chinese whispers, adapting objects and artefacts using time-lapse technology until they no longer resemble their original form.

Edinburgh College of Art

Fri 30 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

Synthetic Biology: Where Organic Meets Digital

In this lecture demonstration Alan Murray, Head of the School of Design at ECA, shows us how synthetic biologists, designers, artists, engineers and computer scientists can work together.

Edinburgh College of Art

Thu 29 Aug

£6 / 0131 473 2000

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Talk by Evan Christopher about New Orleans Jazz

Expert on the New Orleans clarinet style, Evan Christopher has an unrivalled knowledge of early jazz clarinet. He talks about the New Orleans musical heritage and jazz clarinetists.

Edinburgh Napier University

Wed 24 Jul

Free / 0845 260 6040

Part of Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival.

  • 11:30 – 12:30

Talk: Colin Wiggins on the work of Ana Maria Pacheco

Colin Wiggins, Head of Education at The National Gallery in London, will give an introduction to the work, themes and concerns of Ana Maria Pacheco.

St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, Edinburgh

Mon 12 Aug

Free / 0131 650 0900

Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.

  • 19:00 – 21:00