INTERNATIONAL FESTIVFESTIVALAL OF ARTS & IDEAS EDINBURGH PATRON TRIP | AUGUST 8 – AUGUST 13, 2014 ITINERARY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 TH
Guests arrive in Edinburgh.
4:30 p.m. Meet in Lobby of Hotel
5:00 p.m. Welcome dinner | The Grain Store Restaurant (30 Victoria Street)
7:30 p.m. Opening Concert: Royal Scottish National Orchestra | Usher Hall (Lothian Rd) Oliver KnussenKnussen, Conductor Kirill GersteinGerstein, Piano Claire BoothBooth, Soprano Edinburgh Festival Chorus Christopher BellBell, Chorus Master
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9TH
10:30 a.m. Meet in Lobby of Hotel
11:00 a.m. Horizontal Collaboration | Traverse Theatre (10 Cambridge Street) David LeddyLeddy, Writer, Director
12:30 p.m. Cuckooed | Traverse Theatre (10 Cambridge Street) Mark ThomasThomas, Writer Emma CallanderCallander, Director
3:15 p.m. UnfaitUnfaithfulhful | Traverse Theatre (10 Cambridge Street) Owen McCaffertyMcCafferty, Writer Rachel O’RiordanO’Riordan, Director
8:00 p.m. The War | King’s Theatre (Leven Street) Chekhov International Theatre Festival /SounDrama Studio Vladimir PankovPankov, Director Irina LychaginaLychagina, Libretto Maxim ObrezkovObrezkov, Set and costume designer Nikolai SurkovSurkov, Lighting designer Artem Kim and Sergei RodyukovRodyukov, Music directors Sergei Zemlansky and Ekaterina KislovaKislova, Choreography
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 TH
11:00 a.m. Meet in Lobby of Hotel
12:00 p.m. James I: TThehe Key Shall Keep the Lock (World Premiere) | Festival Theatre (Nicolson Street) National Theatre of Scotland and National Theatre ofof Great Britain Rona MunroMunro, Writer Laurie SansomSansom, Director Jon BausorBausor, Designer
2:50 p.m. Blind Hamlet (World Premiere) | Assembly Roxy ActorActorss Touring Company Nassim SoleimanpourSoleimanpour, Writer Ramin GrayGray, Director
5:15 p.m. Light (World Premiere) | Pleasance Dome Theatre Ad Infinitum George MannMann, Co-Artistic Director Nir PaldiPaldi, Co-Artistic Director Amy NostbakkenNostbakken, Co-Artistic Director
5:15 p.m. Camille O’Sullivan: 10 | The Assembly Rooms Camille O’SullivanO’Sullivan, Creator and Performer
MONDAY, AUGUST 11 TH
8:45 a.m. Meet in Lobby of Hotel
9:30 a.m. Edinburgh Culture Summit Plenary Two | Scottish Parliament Building Benjamin BarberBarber, Senior Research Scholar and Author Nandi MandelaMandela, Director, Linda Masinga & Associates Robyn ArcherArcher, Artistic Director and Public Advocate for the Arts
12:30 p.m. Near Gone | Summerhall (1 Summerhall) Katherina Radeva and Alister LownieLownie, Devisors CharlottCharlottee VincentVincent, Additional Direction
5:15 p.m. Lungs | Roundabout @ Summerhall (1 Summerhall) Paines Plough Duncan MacmillanMacmillan, Writer George PerrinPerrin, Director
3:50 p.m. Show 6 | Roundabout @ Summerhall (1 Summerhall) Mark RavenhillRavenhill, Writer
7:30 p.m. Ganesh verversussus the Third Reich | Royal Lyceum Theatre (Grindlay Street) Back to Back Theatre Bruce GladwinGladwin, Devisor, Director, and Designer Mark DeansDeans, Marcia FergusonFerguson, Nicki HollandHolland, Simon LahertyLaherty, Sarah MainwaringMainwaring, Scott PricePrice, Kate SulanSulan, Brian Tilley and David WoWoodsodsods, Devisors
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12TH
11:30 a.m. Meet in Lobby of Hotel
12:20 p.m. All Back to Bowie’sBowie’s:: Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed ––– The Yes Campaign | Stand in the Square (St. Andrew Square) Stephen NoonNoon, Scottish National Party (15 years) BriaBriann CoxCox, Scottish Actor
1:45 p.m. Lunch with Paul Collard | Café Marlayne (76 Thistle St)
3:30 p.m. Why Politics Matter | International Book Festival (Charlotte Square) David RuncimanRunciman, Political Scientist
5:30 p.m. Farewell dinner with Special Guests | Fishers in the City (58 Thistle Street)
8:00pm Inala (World Premiere) | The Edinburgh Playhouse (Greenside Place) Joseph ShabalalaShabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Ella SpiraSpira, Composers Mark BaldwinBaldwin, Choreographer
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13 TH
Guests depart
KEY
+ International Book Festival + Edinburgh Culture Summit + Edinburgh Festival Fringe + Edinburgh International Festival + Special and private events