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Reconfigure: Life Drawing at Summerhall

Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Join warm and welcoming Reconfigure for an evening of untutored life drawing. With themes, narrative and props for extra juicy inspiration, eclectic tunes, and help if you need it! Here’s what happens: whether you’re a seasoned pro or don’t know a pencil from a pen, we welcome all ages and all abilities – ESPECIALLY those

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Event Series Don’t Worry Darling (15)
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Don’t Worry Darling (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Olivia Wilde directs this enticing psychological thriller featuring a star-studded ensemble cast including Florence P ugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, and Gemma Chan. Pugh and Styles star as a well-to-do couple living in the idyllic experimental company town, Victory. But perfection can’t last forever. Cracks begin to appear, and Alice (Pugh) begins to question the

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Lary Borkin x Summerhall Charity Auction in aid of St Columba’s Hospice.

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lary Borkin x Summerhall invite you to an auction of his 3D printed work recently shown in the exhibition Printed Dreams. The auction will take place in Summerhall’s Gallery bar on the 27th of October 2022. Doors open at 6pm and the auction will begin at 7pm. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Carrie (18)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Based on Steven King’s debut novel, Carrie stars Sissy Spacek as the insular teenaged girl facing the insistent cruelty of both her classmates and a fanatically religious mother. On the night of her high school prom, Carrie discovers that she has telekinesis and chaos ensues. Screening as part of our Halloween Horror season running throughout

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Edinburgh Short Film Festival Day 1: Epiphany (18)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

It only takes a second to make a life changing decision! Sudden realisations and difficult choices flow through this eclectic programme of international shorts. Featuring a heart-warming family comedy from Ireland, an intense-domestic drama from Scotland, and an incredible drama from Pakistan which first premiered at Venice International Film Festival. Our opening night, with (brief)

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Form by arrangement with Fire Proof Talent

Kosheen – Resist 20th Anniversary

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kosheen, one of the UK’s booming live electronic music showstoppers, broke into prominence with their debut hit ‘Hide U‘ off their debut album in 2001, the platinum selling Resist, following by crossover hits ‘Catch‘, ‘Hungry‘ and ‘All In My Head‘. Kosheen successfully placed two UK Top Ten albums, topped the UK and European music charts and won lots of awards with their unique blend of breakbeat rhythms of drum’n’bass to more traditional songcraft, a side of the band embodied by singer and songwriter Sian Evans.

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Edinburgh Short Film Festival Day 2: Low Budget Filmmaking Workshop

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

FREE Low Budget Filmmaking Workshop A panel of invited guests dissect all aspects of low budget filmmaking. With the Glasgow Media Access Centre and led by Duncan Cowles, with Jamie Robson actor, & ESFF Ambassador, Sabina Torres, Wilma Smith (GMAC), Derek Anderson, Nazia Mohammad. Free Entry, first come first served!

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Edinburgh Short Film Festival Day 2: Scottish Shorts

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Scottish shorts explored in a programme co-curated with Glasgow Media Access Centre, including shorts commissioned via GMAC’s ‘Little Pictures’ programme and some ESFF featured filmmakers to watch out for.

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Scottish Chamber Orchestra

UNTITLED (SCO Ensemble)

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

SCO Ensemble Hosted by Gemma Cairney DJ Dolphin Boy Simone Seales cello Co-curated by Su-a Lee, Louise Goodwin and Gemma Cairney Step outside the confines of the concert hall and join us for an informal, inspiring mix of music that defies conventional boundaries. UN:TITLED is a new concert experience featuring works by Steve Reich, Gabriella Smith and Andy Akiho performed live by SCO

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Edinburgh Short Film Festival Day 3: Haunted Figures

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Horror and Thriller combine to both intrigue and abhor in this strand. Creatures from other realms haunt the living, uncomfortable images dance until they seem familiar, and obscure characters unveil the terror of what lies within. Immerse yourself in this programme, until you begin to question your own reality. Featuring animation, International and UK award

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Reconfigure: Life Drawing at Summerhall

Anatomy Lecture Theatre Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Join warm and welcoming Reconfigure for an evening of untutored life drawing. With themes, narrative and props for extra juicy inspiration, eclectic tunes, and help if you need it! Here’s what happens: whether you’re a seasoned pro or don’t know a pencil from a pen, we welcome all ages and all abilities – ESPECIALLY those

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Edinburgh Short Film Festival

Edinburgh Short Film Festival Day 4: A Kind of Love

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

Love knows no bounds in these shorts which explore the unexpected ways we experience feelings of warmth and adoration. Featuring Scottish animation, multiple international award-winning shorts and UK premiers, this programme also includes an engrossing drama-thriller, which won the Special Jury Award for Screenwriting at Sundance.

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432 Presents

Injury Reserve

Dissection Room 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Injury Reserve is an American hip hop group formed in 2013 in Tempe, Arizona.

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But I’m a Cheerleader (15)

Cinema 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh

More than 20 years after its initial release in 1999 romantic teen comedy, But I’m a Cheerleader remains one of the most beloved films in the LGBTQ+ canon. Directed by Jamie Babbit, But I’m a Cheerleader stars Natasha Lyonne as Megan Bloomfield, a pretty high-schooler who prefers gazing at her cheerleader cohorts than kissing her

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A Supportive City

Main Hall

It’s hard being a poet. Whether you’re writing your first funding bid, looking to rent some office space, or trying to find a support network, it can be difficult to know where to start. Or, once you’ve started, what’s your next step? To help you on your way, we’ve invited guest speakers from Creative Scotland

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Film Programme

Red Lecture Theatre

Film and poetry collide in our wide ranging programme hosted in Summerhall’s Red Lecture theatre. Free, and with no booking required, join us to experience a wide range of experimental, progressive and unusual films. The Programme: Friday 4th Nov 11:00 – 11:50: Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema 12:00 – 12:40: Skookum

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Installation: Particle Poem Collider

Summerhall 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Inspired by the irreverence and innovation of Push the Boat Out’s patron saint, Edwin Morgan, Particle Poem Collider is our way of honouring the work of the festival’s guests while playfully questioning ideas of ownership, copyright and creation. A rather old-fashioned AI (the latest generation are just too good at aping styles, and tend not

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Installation: Poetry and Mindfulness

Summerhall 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Push the Boat Out is delighted to work once more with WHALE Arts, a community-led arts charity and social enterprise at the heart of Wester Hailes. Thanks to funding from Awards for All (National Lottery Fund), Push the Boat Out supported a series of creative sessions on poetry and mindfulness, run by poet Colin McGuire.

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Sound Lab

Old Lab 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

An immersive soundscape of poetry awaits in the Old Lab, Summerhall. Escape all those noisy chattering poets and sit quietly in the dark and absorb some of the sounds of the most iconic poetry audio from the last 60 years. Free, unticketed, throughout the Festival. AUDIO ONLY

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Push The Boat Out: Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival

Summerhall 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Diverse, eclectic, entertaining and challenging – contemporary poetry is in pretty great shape. A venn diagram with poetry at its heart, Push the Boat Out is where artforms conspire, cross-pollinate and collide. Join us throughout our festival weekend as we fill the hallowed halls, labs and theatres of Summerhall with a polyphonic explosion of poetry

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Publishing, Demystified!

Main Hall

Publishing: where to start, how to continue, and what are your contract rights? This event digs deep into the mysteries of poetry publishing, answering all your questions from where to submit your first poem, to where support can be found when reviewing contracts. Publishing Scotland (Vikki Reilly) will be revealing its insights on the dos

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The Business of Being a Poet

Main Hall

Have you ever wanted to become a full-time poet, but not known where to start? It can sound daunting, at first: learning how to make a living from your writing, how to use your poet-skills to generate income, and where to start looking for your first, and next, job. At ‘The Business of Being a

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Walking with Poetry

Summerhall 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

A Poetry Mile is a project by Push the Boat Out where, in 2021, we brought together a wonderful selection of poets who wrote specially commissioned poems about, in, or inspired by Edinburgh spaces on a wide range of topics. One of those commissioned poets, Helen Boden, is ready to reanimate A Poetry Mile for