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| The Edinburgh Fringe |
The Edinburgh Fringe (3 – 27 August) is the largest arts festival in the world, and though it has theatre, dance, cabaret and music, it is best known for excellent comedy. Residents and visitors alike pound the streets in search of the next up and coming talent, or simply a night of non-stop laughter. If it’s difficult to choose among the hundreds of acts on offer, you can experience a taster of each show by walking up the packed Royal Mile (the series of streets leading from Edinburgh Castle up to the Queen’s residence, Holyrood Palace), where there are stands representing all the shows.
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| Edinburgh International Festival |
The Edinburgh International Festival (9 August – 2 September) was the first of
the Festivals, established in 1947 to try to reinvigorate Europe’s
cultural life after World War II. In almost 200 events across the city, this
year the festival gathers over 3000 artists from 47 nations with audiences from
approximately a third of the world’s nations.
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| NVA’s Speed of Light |
From 9 August to 1 September the festival will present one of the most
extraordinary events of the cultural year, NVA’s Speed of Light – which, fittingly
in this Olympic year, fuses public art and sporting endeavour. Arthur's Seat
becomes the stage for a mass choreographed act of walking and endurance
running. Members of the walking audience form an intrinsic part of the work,
carrying portable light and sound sources to illuminate the dark features of
the hill. As they go up they gain a view of the mesmerising visual display
beneath, of hundreds of runners wearing specially designed light suits
navigating the intricate path networks below
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