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Highlights coming up at the Festival Theatre...
March
A Midsummer Night's Dream
April
Half A Sixpence
May
Romeo & Juliet
May
Doctor Dolittle
June
Christy Moore
June
Eurobeat Almost Eurovision
July
Singing Kettle - Pirate Island
   
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A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
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Wednesday 5th to Saturday 8th March 2008 - 7.30pm

Northern Ballet Theatre brings its magic to Shakespeare’s most bewitching play in this critically acclaimed dance version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The romantic antics of a touring dance company are played out on one midsummer night as the company travels by sleeper train from London to Edinburgh. Dior inspired costumes and stylish black and white sets provide a dazzling contrast to the glorious Technicolor of the dream-world, whilst David Nixon’s choreography brings out the comedy, romance and entanglements of this enchanting story. Set to music by Mendelssohn and Brahms, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of NBT’s most magical productions. There is a 2.30pm matinee on the Thursday and Saturday. (back to top)

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RSNO Favourites at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
RSNO FAVOURITES - TCHAIKOVSKY 4
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Sunday 9th March 2008 - 6pm

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra presents Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony is a favourite of many, written by this very popular composer at the height of his powers. Kernis - New Era Dance Mozart - Piano Concerto No22 K482 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No4. Rossen Milanov is the conductor for the evening with Jonathan Biss on the piano. (back to top)

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Faust at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
FAUST - EDINBURGH GRAND OPERA
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Wednesday 12th to Saturday 15th March 2008 - 7.15pm

Sung in French with English Supertitles. Lust, lies, damnation. Edinburgh Grand Opera presents Charles Gounod's classic version of Goethe's dark tale. A highly-charged drama with some of the most famous music in the repertoire. Would you sell your soul to the devil for an object of fantasy? (back to top)

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Scottish Dance Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
SCOTTISH DANCE THEATRE
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Wednesday 19th March 2008 - 7.30pm

Don't miss award-winning SDT's latest programme of NEW and ORIGINAL works – with thrilling new choreography by the next generation of exciting dance-makers. One of the only UK dance companies around to regularly commission and tour new work, SDT returns to Edinburgh with an evening full of treasures featuring an exhilarating piece by rising star Hofesh Shechter (‘Shechter is a true original' - The Guardian) and tenderhook by Liv Lorent (creator of the Herald Angel Award-winning LUXURIA). (back to top)

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Peter and the Wolf at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
PETER AND THE WOLF
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Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th March 2008 - 1pm & 5pm

Music performed by Soloists of the Philharmonia Orchestra. A spectacular staging of one of the most delightful and well-loved orchestral works of the 20th century. This classic story of brave Peter and his pursuit of the hungry wolf, aided by his friends the cat, the bird and the duck is thrillingly brought to life through dance, music and narration. With a new first act this family production is Peter and the Wolf as you've never seen it before! Please be advised that this production is suitable for ages 4+. Children under this age will not be admitted and no baby ticket is available. Approx. 1 hour 30 mins including interval. (back to top)

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RSNO - Deneve conducts Great Ballets at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
RSNO - DENEVE CONDUCTS GREAT BALLETS: DAPHNIS ET CHLOE
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Friday 28th March 2008 - 7.30pm

In this programme of sensuous French music, including Ravel's greatest and most passionate work, Daphnis et Chloé, Denève once again introduces another fantastic Roussel revelation, Symphony No4. The incomparable Steven Isserlis returns to perform Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No 1. Roussel - Symphony No4
Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto No1 Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé (complete). Stéphane Denève is the conductor for the evening, with Steven Isserlis on the cello and the RSNO Chorus performing.
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Edinburgh Youth Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
EDINBURGH YOUTH ORCHESTRA
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Saturday 29th March 2008 - 7.30pm

Spring Concert Tour 2008. Garry Walker is the conductor for the evening with John Wallace being the soloist. The Programme: Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man Hummel - Trumpet Concerto Mahler - 1st Symphony. The EYO under conductor Garry Walker presents an exciting programme, with soloist John Wallace performing the stunning Hummel Trumpet Concerto. The evening begins with Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and ends with Mahler's magnificent First Symphony. (back to top)

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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A CLUE - SOLD OUT!!!

Sunday 30th March 2008 - 7.30pm

Spring Concert Tour 2008. Garry Walker is the conductor for the evening with John Wallace being the soloist. The Programme: Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man Hummel - Trumpet Concerto Mahler - 1st Symphony. The EYO under conductor Garry Walker presents an exciting programme, with soloist John Wallace performing the stunning Hummel Trumpet Concerto. The evening begins with Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and ends with Mahler's magnificent First Symphony. (back to top)

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RSNO - Great Russians at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
RSNO - GREAT RUSSIANS
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Sunday 6th April 2008 - 6pm

A concert celebrating Scotland's special affinity with Russian music and musicians, featuring music from three different genres and eras: an energetic ballet by Stravinsky, Russia's greatest opera and one of Rachmaninov's finest contributions to the symphonic repertoire. Stravinsky - Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss. Tchaikovsky - Tatiana's Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin
Rachmaninov - Symphony No3. The conductor for the evening is Alexander Lazerev. Ekaterina Shcherbachenko is the soprano.
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Nederlands Dans Theater 1 at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER 1
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Friday 11th and Saturday 12th April 2008 - 7.30pm

A triple bill brimming with choreographic invention. Two works by Jiri Kylián: Wings of Wax has a magical, mercurial quality as eight black-clad dancers dart in and out of a mysterious darkness; Tar and Feathers sees a pianist perched metres above the stage, playing fragments of Mozart while three men and three women deliver frozen poses and sudden outbursts. Drawn onward by Lightfoot-Leon sees the dancers faced with a massive door that periodically opens then clangs shut. Curiosity, apprehension, uncertainty and resolve flood through this piece with a compelling and gripping intensity. (back to top)

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Half A Sixpence at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
HALF A SIXPENCE
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Monday 14th to Saturday 19th April 2008 - 7.30pm

TV and theatre favourite Gary Wilmot leads a spectacular brand new production of Half a Sixpence, featuring all your favourite songs such as Flash Bang Wallop, If The Rain's Got To Fall and, of course, Half a Sixpence. Arthur Kipps is an orphan and a draper's apprentice in London at the turn of the century. He inherits a fortune and becomes engaged to an upper-class girl but his good luck ends when he breaks off his engagement to marry a working-class girl and loses his money in a crooked business scheme. A fantastic company of actors, singers, dancers and musicians re-create this heart warming story of love and laughter which the whole family will enjoy! (back to top)

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RSNO - Deneve conducts Great Ballets at the Festive Theatre, Edinburgh
RSNO - DENEVE CONDUCTS GREAT BALLETS: RITE OF SPRING
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Sunday 20th April 2008 - 6pm

The atmosphere is sure to be electrifying when Denève conducts the RSNO in one of the greatest works of the 20th Century, still brilliant, fresh, bold and very, very exciting after almost 100 years. Ravel - Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Mozart - Piano Concerto No17 in G Major K453 Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring. Stéphane Denève is the conductor for the evening with Louis Lortie on the piano. (back to top)

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Daniel O'Donnell at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
DANIEL O'DONNELL
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Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd April 2008 - 7.30pm

Daniel O'Donnell, Ireland's most popular easy listening entertainer, goes from strength to strength. Since the turn of the century he has had seven UK Top Ten albums, four UK No.1. DVD's, created a completely new spectacular rock'n'roll show that toured the UK and Ireland, established himself as a major star in America, successfully toured Australia and New Zealand and been placed in the UK Top 50 artists of the decade in a national TV music documentary. Quite an impressive start to the new millennium. (back to top)

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Moon Water - Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
MOON WATER - CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE OF TAIWAN
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Friday 25th and Saturday 26th April 2008 - 8pm

Renowned for delivering spellbinding, spiritual performances, spiritual performances, Cloud Gate perform this piece set to Bach's Suites for solo cello. Mirrors appear on stage, reflecting the image of the moving dancers and the patterns of the white brush strokes of the set. Water then flows onto the floor itself and becomes a huge mirror reflecting dancing bodies. Choreographer Lin Hwai-min has a truly unique style, integrating meditation, tai-chi, martial arts and Chinese opera movement with modern dance and ballet. (back to top)

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RSNO Favourites at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre
RSNO FAVOURITES - ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA
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Sunday 27th April 2008 - 6pm

Right from its spectacular opening Sunrise fanfare, Strauss' tone poem Also sprach Zarathust