Fri 13 Dec 2019
Anatomy Arts
Anatomy #22: DECIMATE
20:00 - 22:00
Anatomy is an arts producer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our core events are our famous sell-out quarterly cabarets, which feature every three months a wild variety of performance acts from... [more]
Thu 07 Nov 2019
Summerhall Presents
Summerhall Scratch Night
19:30 - 21:30
Join us for an evening of fresh new work across all genres. Summerhall Scratch brings together a group of exciting artists who’ve been working on ideas that they are now ready to... [more]
Fri 25 Oct 2019
Summerhall Presents
A(u)nti(e) Empire by AJ Taudevin | Summerhall Lab Sharing
18:00
A(u)nti(e) wants to regale you with tales from the good old days of The British Empire only she is gradually bleeding to death.During her week long lab at Summerhall, award winning... [more]
Fri 13 Sep 2019
Anatomy Arts
Anatomy #21: Slander
20:00 - 23:00
Radio static. The feedback of megaphones. The street preacher dusts off their A-board. The opposition approaches the podium. Proclamations echo across the land! Richard and Judy are Russian... [more]
Fri 28 Jun 2019
Anatomy Arts
Anatomy #20: Mollycoddler
20:00 - 23:00
The Mollycoddler descends to consume you. All red velvet drapery and sequences of shattered wrists, the Mollycoddler swaddles you in frilly padding and pockmarks the skin with peepholes. Peek into... [more]
Fri 24 May 2019 - Sat 25 May 2019
Tatraum Projekte Schmidt
KLÄR - or the performative-poetic search for Schrödinger’s cat
19:30 - 20:45
Tatraum Projekte Schmidt present a new collaboration between performers from Dusseldorf and Edinburgh.KLÄR examines the parallelisms of certain states and the unity of ghost/matter as described... [more]
Fri 12 Apr 2019 - Sun 14 Apr 2019
Egg by Paper Doll Militia
19:30 - 20:35
Weaving together personal testimony, live original music and stunning aerial artistry, Egg takes you on a highly visual exploration of female fertility, sexuality and choice, following the true story... [more]
Thu 28 Mar 2019 - Sat 30 Mar 2019
Aulos Productions
Double Bill - Women of the Mourning Fields & Antigone na h'Éireann
19:30 - 22:15
Celebrating its fifth anniversary, Aulos Productions is proud to present a double-bill revival. For one price, catch expanded versions of two of their most critically-acclaimed shows: “Women of the... [more]
Thu 28 Mar 2019 - Fri 29 Mar 2019
Summerhall Presents
D ý r a | by SHHE
22:30 (Thurs) / 00:30, 18:00 (Fri)
Inspired by time spent in the Westfjords of Iceland, D ý r a is a multidisciplinary project which uses landscape and sleep as a method for creating sound and exploring altered states of... [more]
Fri 22 Mar 2019 - Sat 23 Mar 2019
Zinnia Oberski
Dreams of the Small Gods
19:00-19:45 (Fri + Sat) / 13:30-14:15 (Sat)
Dreams of the Small Gods is a new circus theatre show devised by Zinnia Oberski and directed by Ellie Dubois.The performance tells the story of the awakening of the Wild Woman and her meeting... [more]
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Anatomy Arts
Anatomy #19: Adequate
20:00 - 22:00
There will be a basic standard of entertainment for all. We anticipate that there will be acts for everybody, but you may need to share. The art shall be sufficient and the safety standards in the... [more]
Thu 14 Feb 2019
Summerhall Presents
Summerhall Scratch Night
19:30-21:20 (including interval)
Join us for an evening of fresh new work across all genres. Summerhall Scratch brings together a group of exciting artists who’ve been working on ideas that they are now ready to share with an... [more]
Thu 10 Jan 2019 - Mon 14 Jan 2019
David J Black
Nancy's Philosopher (2019)
19:30-20:30 / Sat: 18:00-19:15
When Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume and Nancy Ord, daughter of the Chief Baron of the Scottish Exchequer, fell in love, the result was an explosive scandal and a doomed relationship.... [more]
Sat 24 Nov 2018
Fox and Hound Theatre Company
The Two Character Play by Tennessee Williams
19:30 - 21:20
Tennessee Williams described the play as: ‘The most beautiful play since Streetcar, the very heart of my life’. He is a beautiful writer who captures the chaos of the heart and mind in a very... [more]
Sat 24 Nov 2018
TwentySomething
The Turn Volume 2 : Shout
18:30-22:30
Shout (verb) : to utter a loud cry, typically as an expression of a strong emotion.The Turn returns for Volume 2 and this time we've asked our performers to SHOUT.What do we have to shout... [more]
Sat 13 Oct 2018 - Sun 14 Oct 2018
Sun 01 Jul 2018
Anatomy
ANATOMINIs #5
11:00-12:00
ANATOMY is a quarterly live art cabaret based in Edinburgh’s Summerhall and occasionally venturing elsewhere. We are thrilled to announce our next matinee for kids aged 0-5s and their friends of... [more]
Fri 29 Jun 2018
Anatomy
ANATOMY #18: Vaudeville Value Basics
20:00-23:00
Lights down, curtain up. There will be art. On a stage. It might be cut-price clown, sale-bin sound art, spoken word at a steal, five-finger discount film, or BOGOF bargain burlesque for the burnt... [more]
Fri 15 Jun 2018 - Sat 16 Jun 2018
Physical Theatre Scotland
The Siren's Song
14:00, 19:00
Physical Theatre Scotland in association with Fife College present 'The Siren's song'. New physical and visual theatre exploring what can happen when we are lured by siren voices, tempted by danger,... [more]
Sat 05 May 2018
Braender & Co
Telling the Bees
20:00 - 21:00
Exploring the bond between humans and insects, Telling the Bees combines enchanting visual theatre with live music to playfully question our behaviour towards such a significant and increasingly... [more]
Fri 04 May 2018
Scottish Poetry Library
Leyla Josephine's Hopeless
19:30-22:00
Leyla Josephine is hopeless. She’s had enough. She's been staying in bed all day, refusing to watch the news, eating full Viennettas at 1pm.She’s been struggling through these difficult... [more]
Sun 18 Mar 2018
Anatomy
ANATOMINIs
11:00-12:00
ANATOMY is a quarterly live art cabaret based in Edinburgh’s Summerhall and occasionally venturing elsewhere. We are thrilled to announce our fourth matinee for kids aged 0-5s and their friends of... [more]
Fri 16 Mar 2018
Anatomy
ANATOMY #17: Sam Satyr's Breaking News Action Playset
20:00-23:00
The satyrs are braying. Half human and half goat, they sip the headlines from staticky televisions and pour their newswine up into phones and tablets. Each comic belch and teasing tail-swish... [more]
Thu 08 Mar 2018 - Fri 09 Mar 2018
Summerhall Presents
Summerhall Scratch
19:30-21:30
Join us for an evening or two of fresh new work across all genres, hosted by Mamoru Iriguchi. We’ve put together some exciting artists who’ve been working on ideas that they are now ready to... [more]
Sat 03 Mar 2018
A Man's A Man For A' Whit? (work-in-progress)
19:30-20:30
"A man's a man for a' that?"... "A' whit, Rabbie?"As part of the Burns Unbroke festival, the “fiercely curious” (The Herald) young theatre company Wonder Fools present the first... [more]
Wed 28 Feb 2018 - Sat 03 Mar 2018
Paradigm Lab
The Man From Earth
19:00-20:30
Paradigm Lab presents Jerome Bixby's THE MAN FROM EARTHJohn Oldman, a history professor, reveals to a small group of friends and colleagues his biggest secret for the first time in his life. Set... [more]
Fri 16 Feb 2018
Belle Jones
Closed Doors
14:00-15:00
A unique, genre-defying collaboration between award winning musicians Lauren Gilmour and Audrey Tait and playwright Belle Jones, Closed Doors mixes spoken word and music to weave together the stories... [more]
25th Jan, 1st Feb & 8th Feb 2018
Curious School of Puppetry
Curious SOUP nights!
18:30 - 21:30
Join us for Thursday Curious SOUP nights at Summerhall!Every Thursday 11th January – 22nd March 2018 (Except 15th February) These open evenings are a chance for the wider community to join in... [more]
Sat 13 Jan 2018
Paper Doll Militia
Tick Tock Cabaret
19:30-21:00
Tick Tock Cabaret - An evening of circus and physical theatre, with acts based on the theme of Time. It's weird and wonderful. It's Paper Doll Militia's cabaret featuring Sarah Bebe Holmes, Claire... [more]
Sat 09 Dec 2017 - Sun 10 Dec 2017
Spin Network and Magnetic North
We Are All Made of Stars
12:00-18:00
We Are All Made of Stars is a mixed reality installation in which the audience are invited to explore the poetics and magic of astrophysics. Using 360° technology, new music, responsive sound... [more]