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Bill Kemp Trio Tron Kirk  Price -  £5 (plus 50p per ticket booking fee) Rare Edinburgh show by the great jazz drummer and his classic swinging trio.

Beckett at the Festival Beckett on Film Producer of the Beckett on Film project, Michael Colgan discusses the challenges in creating thisextraordinary film collection. Friday 30 August 12 noon1 hour approximately   The Hub Tickets £6 eif.co.uk/beckettevents

Beckett at the Festival Beckett and Contemporary Art: Make Sense Who May Derval Tubridy, Goldsmiths, University of London, explores the vibrant interplay between Samuel Beckett’s work and contemporary art with a particular focus on bodies and technology. Chaired by Octavian Saiu. Wednesday 28 August 2.30pm1 hour approximately The Hub Tickets £6 eif.co.uk/beckettevents

Bandakadabra Tron Kirk  Price -  £5 (plus 50p per ticket booking fee) Continuing the carnival atmosphere – the twelve Italian brass, reeds and drums play party music from wild Balkan dances to traditional Mediterranean marches and Latino jazz. Uplifting.

Art and Technology Professor of Epistemics Jon Oberlander, Professor of Composition and Electroacoustic Composition Peter Nelson, and Chris Speed of the Edinburgh College of Art discuss historical, conceptual and philosophical relationships between the performing arts and technology. Chaired by theatre specialist Olga Taxidou. Thursday 29 August 2.30pm 1 hour approximately The Hub Tickets £6 eif.co.uk/university

Angie King Tron Kirk  Price -  £5 (plus 50p per ticket booking fee) A consummate jazz singer swing, charm, crystal clear diction and effervescent good humour.

Alex Silver Quintet Tron Kirk  Price -  £5 (plus 50p per ticket booking fee) All female young Australian quintet play straight ahead swinging modern jazz.

Brian Eno
Music since recording is a new art form, which bears only as much resemblance to traditional, performed music as cinema does to theatre. What are the special characteristics of this new art? How did it evolve? Where might it be going? Brian Eno shares his thoughts.
Friday 23 August 2.30pm
Lecture Theatre, National Museum of Scotland
Tickets £6
1 hour approximately

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The world premiere of a new play written by and starring Steven Berkoff. Three actors experience the frustration and madness that can be everyday life for the working actor in this hilarious satire on the industry.