Performance Manuel Bonillo discusses his show Fantasy No.10 The Beauty of Life, which is showing in the Cairns Lecture Theatre, at Summerhall. Manuel Bonillo : Fantasy No.10 The Beauty of Life
Performance French choreographer Myriam Herve-Gil discusses her piece Fleurs de Cimetiere. Portraying the lives of a group of women who met in the 80s, lost touch, and met again, this piece explores the idea of ageing, and how there’s still so … Myriam Herve-Gil : Fleurs de Cimetiere
Performance Playwright Lee Gershuny, talks to Summerhall TV about her play ‘Lockerbie – Lost Voices’. Approached by a Scottish investigative journalist, Lee was invited to write this play in a bid to highlight certain lost information about the tragedy. More information … Lee Gershuny : Lockerbie – Lost Voices
Performance Siobhan Cannon-Brownlie and Elizabeth Stone tell us about their production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, performed on the beach in the Hopetoun Estate. Siobhan Cannon-Brownlie and Elizabeth Stone : The Tempest in the Firth of Forth
Performance Marcin Bartnikowski talks to Summerhall TV about his show, Lauder, which is based on themes from the works of Jonathan Saffran Foer and Shakespeare. Marcin Bartnikowski : Lauder!
Performance Adura Onashile talks to Summerhall TV about her solo piece, HeLa, which tells the story of Henrietta Lacks who walked into the John Hopkins Hospital, with a pain in her abdomen. A cell sample taken without her permission was used … Adura Onashile : HeLa
Performance Jack Klaff talks to Summerhall TV about his performance, Out To Lunch. Tackling topics such as world hunger and charity, Jack’s show is on until the 25th August, at St. Peter’s Church. Jack Klaff : Out to Lunch
Performance Jack Klaff discusses his honest portrayal of Sir Isaac Newton, with a sneak peak of the performance. Jack Klaff : Newton
Performance Summerhall TV caught up with Clout Theatre in April this year to film their play, ‘How a man crumbled’. The film will be premiered in July while our trailer also provides a taster for Clout’s 2013 Festival appearance, featuring their … Clout Theatre : ‘How A Man Crumbled’ Trailer
Performance Trish O’Grady’s film of John Durnin explaining the rationale of repertoire as distinct from repertory theatre at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. John Durnin : Assembling Pitlochry’s Summer Season
Performance Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s Tricia O’Grady’s film of Giles Conisbee. Giles Conisbee has worked in the commercial side of theatre for many years and recently won a year long attachment being mentored and developed as a writer by the theatre in … Giles Conisbee : Traverse at 50
Performance Sarah Masson, Susan Kelly and Jack Gemmell introduce the work of Cobweb Theatre, QMU’s principal theatre society, and their performance of The Hardman at Summerhall. Based on the life of Jimmy Boyle, Sarah and Susan explain the rationale for this … Queen Margaret University : The Hardman
Performance A compilation of performance and interview from the March edition of Neu! Reekie! #30 held at Summerhall. Neu! Reekie! #30 : March Edition
Performance Trish O’Grady’s film. John Durnin, Chief Executive and Artistic Director at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, talks about the six plays in the 2013 Summer Season. John Durnin : Summer Season at Pitlochry
Performance Following the V&A exhibition on design for theatre and performance at Summerhall we’re pleased to showcase the contribution of designers working for local theatres. In this film by Trish O’Grady for Highland Perthshire News Frances Collier outlines work on ‘Present … Frances Collier : Designs for Present Laughter
Performance Gwen Dupré introduces the work of Ashley Shairp’s design for ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore’ at the V&A exhibition Transformation and Revelation at Summerhall. Gwen Dupré : V&A at Summerhall
Performance Tom Anderson talks us through his favourite exhibit at the V&A’s exhibition ‘Transformation and Revelation’. Tom Anderson : Transformation and Revelation
Performance Gwen Dupré introduces her favourite exhibit in the V&A exhibition at Summerhall till 22nd February. Gwen Dupre : My V&A Favourite
Performance This year the Lyceum Youth Theatre brought their Christmas show to Summerhall for ‘Deck the Summerhalls’ The LYT are dedicated year round to getting young people involved in theatre, be it acting, writing, directing or stage design. Check out Summerhall … Lyceum Youth Theatre : Deck the (Summer) Halls
Performance From the 15th December 2012 to the 22nd February 2013, Summerhall will present the V&A’s exhibition, “Transformation & Revelation: Gormley to Gaga- UK design for performance 2007-2011”. Thirty-three large specially designed vitrines showcase the fascinating work of British stage and theatre … V&A : Shakespeare in a Suitcase
Performance Puppet Animation Scotland and the Federation of Scottish Theatre invited American choreographer Liz Lerman to lead a two day taster in her critical response process. This process that Liz created 20 years ago allows people to be able to critique … Liz Lerman: The Critical Response Process
Performance Here Simon Hart introduces the wide variety of the work and educational engagement of Puppet Animation Scotland. Together with the Federation of Scottish Theatre PAS are organising a two day seminar at Summerhall featuring the choreographer and performer Liz Lerman. … Simon Hart : Puppet Animation Scotland
Performance Set in Quebec, The List is an award-winning story of a woman struggling to adjust to rural life. The play’s director Muriel Romanes and actor Maureen Beattie describe Stellar Quine’s production at Summerhall and the audience’s reaction to a performance … Muriel Romanes and Maureen Beattie : The List
Performance Small Narration operates somewhere between a performance and video art, between a personal confession and an academic lecture. “When in 2006 we discovered that my grandfather was a long-time collaborator of the communist Security Services, I had moved away from … Wojtek Ziemilski : Small Narration
Performance ‘The Stranger,’ the famous existentialist novel by Albert Camus, is brought to life for the theatre in this acclaimed adaptation by Morten Kirkskov, performed for the first time in English by the award-winning Brazilian actor Guilherme Leme at Summerhall. Guilherme Leme : The Stranger
Performance Polish director Andrzej Welminski draws on his experience with the Tadeusz Kantor’s Cricot 2 to devise this performance of Bruno Schulz’s ‘Pages from the book of …’. Devised with the international 50 Letters Theatre Company this ensemble of vocal expression, … Andrzej Welminski : Pages from the Book of…
Performance Songs of Lear is a non-linear dramatic event that shows the world of subtle energies and rhythms that govern Shakespeare’s tragedy. The ensemble members have chosen crucial scenes from King Lear to weave a story out of gestures, words and … Song of the Goat Theatre
Performance Minja Hynynen interviews Alex Fernandes, a student who takes part in some of Bedlam Theatre’s productions. Alex talks about the shows, productions and workshops at Bedlam and invites students and non-students to become involved in Bedlam Theatre. Bedlam Theatre
Performance ‘Art is a cupboard! We are not cakes!’ Lecoq-trained Clout Theatre invite you to dive into the absurd world of the Russian poet, iconoclast and false moustache wearer Daniil Kharms. Three bouffonesque characters intent on telling ‘The Old Woman’ story … Clout Theatre : How a Man Crumbled
Performance 24 hours, non-stop. From 6am to 6am next day. The play tells the twenty-four life stories in one slow-going, lazy day, suspended in time. With no hope for change. Most of the time filled by a cappella music, to break … Waclaw Miklaszewski : 24hr