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A two-dimensional, cinematic black-and-white woman of yesteryear struggles to break free of the social, economic and political straitjacket of the time, while a three-dimensional woman of here and now struggles to what…? Break free…? Of what…? When the unfulfilled soul of a fictional woman surges down through the years to infuse a living and breathing woman with longing what happens, and, truly, how free is free?
A stunning and stirring fusion of live performance, fantastical filmed imagery and innovative digital technology, Madame Freedom dances with the classic Korean film of the 1950s of the same name, as well as with themes of identity, myth, and a sense of being trapped by the past. It tells the story of an ordinary woman and her dreams – of different lives, of different selves – and the choices that she can orcannot make.
‘Analogue body dances with digital video.’ The Hankyoreh
Tuesday 20 & Wednesday 21 August 8.00pmKing’s Theatre, Edinburgh
Tickets£30 £24 £16 £12
1 hour approximately
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Supported byKorean Ministry of Culture, Sports and TourismKorea Creative Content AgencyKorean Cultural Centre UKKorea Arts Management Service

Professor of Communication, Arts and Religion Jolyon Mitchell hosts a discussion with historian,broadcaster and author Bettany Hughes and Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and InterreligiousStudies, on the relationships between research and the media and the demands of addressing differentaudiences.
Thursday 29 August 5.00pm
1 hour approximately
The Hub
Tickets £6
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As we spend more time online or attached to a mobile device and with increasing amounts of information being generated and captured, Jon Oberlander, Professor of Epistemics at the University of Edinburgh, explores the cost to privacy of this new technological power. Chaired by Guardian journalist Aleks Krotoski.
Saturday 10 August 2.30pm
The Hub
Tickets £6
1 hour approximately
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Minimalist composer Philip Glass’s magical reimagining of Jean Cocteau’s 1946 La Belle et la Bête combines the classic black and white film with live performance in a sophisticated work that is at once a touching fairy tale and a meditation on creativity.
Removing the film’s original dialogue track and score by Georges Auric, Glass replaces them withhis own scintillating music, played live by the Philip Glass Ensemble, the dialogue sung by vocalistssynchonised live with the screen.
The result boldly harnesses movie technology to create a stunning synthesis of opera and film,as Cocteau’s bewitching storytelling is matched by some of Glass’s most evocative music in anunforgettable tale of love triumphing over greed.
Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 August 8.00pmThe Edinburgh Playhouse
Tickets£35 £28 £22 £16 £14 £12
1 hour 30 minutes approximately
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Supported byEwan and Christine Brown

The Internet is the greatest store of human knowledge that has ever existed. But it is also a shopping mall, a video arcade and a Pandora’s Box. Tom Standage, digital editor of The Economist, and Emily Bell, director of the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, discuss the Internet’s effect on intellect with Tim de Lisle, editor of Intelligent Life.
In association with Intelligent Life magazine.
Tuesday 13 August 5.00pm
The Hub
Tickets £6
1 hour approximately
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Beckett at the Festival Infinite Possibilities: Drama on the Radio Jeremy Howe, Commissioning Editor BBC Radio 4, dramatist Jonathan Myerson and writer and theatrecritic Octavian Saiu explore the influence radio has had on drama and its development as an artform. Wednesday 28 August 5.00pm1 hour approximately The Hub Tickets £6 eif.co.uk/beckettevents

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

Based on Beckett’s trilogy of novels – Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable – this one-man show performed by celebrated Beckett interpreter Barry McGovern brings together three monologues that unify the central characters of each novel, revealing successively deepening layers of reflection and emotion. Firstly there is Molloy, who tells of how he came to occupy his mother’s room. Then there is Malone, alone and dying, telling himself stories as he awaits the inevitable. And finally the Unnamable, desperately seeking the right words that will permit him to utter his real self at last.
‘An outright triumph… arrestingly funny’ Time Magazine‘Stunning… exhilarating’ The New York Times
Sunday 25, Monday 26, Wednesday 28 & Saturday 31 August 9.00pmRoyal Lyceum Theatre
Tickets £20 £15 £10 £8
1 hour 25 minutes approximately
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Supported byHarold Mitchell Esq, ACCulture Ireland

How Art Intersects with Technology in Cinema Moshe Kam of Drexel University, Philadelphia, discusses the never-ending cycle of advancements in cinema, that provide for expanded artistic freedom and in turn lead to new technological opportunities.Chaired by Sir John Arbuthnott, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Supported by The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Tuesday 13 August 2.30pm The Hub Tickets £6 1 hour approximately eif.co.uk/interfaces Special Offer – Buy a ticket for 4 to 6 events and save 20%– Buy a ticket for 7 to 10 events and save 30%

How a Pipe Organ Works Organist extraordinaire John Kitchen of the University of Edinburgh describes and demonstrates the technology behind the magnificent four-manual 63-stop Usher Hall organ. Thursday 22 August 5.00pm1 hour approximately Usher HallTickets £6