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Moving through constellations of wood and Plexiglas pillars, reacting in sculptor Vera Röhm’s space Cesc Gelabert recreates Gerhard Bohner’s original concept highlighting elements of dance, visual artsand music while allowing them to remain autonomous.
Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, interpreted by Keith Jarrett, provides the music for this reconstruction of Bohner’s solo Im (Goldenen) Schnitt_I, to which Gelabert brings his inimitable style and individuality as a dancer.
Monday 19 August 8.00pmMain Theatre Tickets £18 £15 £12 £10eif.co.uk/im-goldenen-schnitt

EmbersBy Samuel Beckett
Pan Pan Theatre
Performed in English
Gavin Quinn DirectorAndrew Clancy  SculptorAedin Cosgrove  Lighting designerJimmy Eadie  Sound designer
‘silence in the house, not a sound, only the fire, no flames now, embers. Embers.’
Henry sits on a beach, remembering and imagining stories and incidents from his life, tormented by his father’s suicide, his own disfunctional family history and his failure as a writer. Hallucinations and reality merge as he attempts to stoke the fire of his creativity.
First broadcast on radio in 1959, Embers takes us on a journey into the haphazard world of Henry’s imagination, a world of ever-shifting mental leaps, ruminations and ambiguities where creative storytelling and unfinished memories both real and unreal coalesce into one. Was Henry’s father washed out to sea while taking his evening swim, or did he commit suicide?
‘We never found your body, you know…’
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 August 7.00pmSunday 25 August 2.00pmKing’s Theatre, Edinburgh
Tickets £20 £15 £10
50 minutes approximately
eif.co.uk/embers
Supported byLéan Scully EIF FundCulture Ireland

Édouard Lock: World Premiere (2013) - Dance Odysseys
Performed by Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet presents a World Premiere from La La La Human Steps Founder, Artistic Director and Choreographer Édouard Lock.
Lock is renowned for his extreme, incandescent style of dance and his precise technique. His boldly challenging style has always attracted international attention. His creations are an arresting fusion of speed, complex combinations of gestures and footwork, and bodies propelled through the air at astonishing angles. Past collaborations include projects with David Bowie, Frank Zappa and Bette Midler, and he has created work for the Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, the Dutch National Ballet and Paris Opéra Ballet.
Friday 16 August 8.00pmMain Theatre Tickets £18 £15 £12 £10eif.co.uk/edouardlock

Zuzana Zaimlová and Veronica BöhmovaLMN Dresden/Germany A mixed programme by Dvorák and a selection of German composers for soprano and piano Wednesday 28 August 9.00pm Supported byIan Stoutzker Tickets £10 1 hour approximately eif.co.uk/cafeconcerts

FlercussionLMN Scotland/UK The song and dance of Piazzolla’s South American tango music, a Shostakovich waltz and Debussy’s La belle au bois dormant performed by Jo Ashcroft (flute) with Calum Huggan (marimba and percussion) Thursday 29 August 9.00pm Supported byIan Stoutzker Tickets £10 1 hour approximately eif.co.uk/cafeconcerts

Featuring Mary and her band The Missin' Fingers! Brothers Grimm meets Tarantino in this brutal love story set around Memorial Day celebrations, 1950s America. Part gig, part slasher movie, part murder ballad and a whole lotta fun!

Julius the clown lives on the street of Johannesburg, dreaming of performing his one-man circus show. Unfortunately, no one has time for clown in Johannesburg. Julius makes it his duty to entertain the unwilling public.

The only Best of the Fest show to consist entirely of performers given four or five-star reviews in Scotland's national newspaper. Comedy, theatre, music and more. Completely sold out last year so book early!

Honoré de Balzac’s classic story of love, greed and betrayal set in post-Napoleonic France. A new adaptation, vividly and powerfully brought to life and beautifully designed by an acclaimed creative team, with a cast of 10 actors.

By Mike Maran and Philip Contini with music by David Vernon (accordion). The joyful, tearful, and hugely successful heart-warming story about Alfonso Crolla, founder of Valvona & Crolla, and the Italian community in Scotland. Meraviglioso!