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| Edinburghers and visitors of the Pitt Street Food Market - one of our event highlights this month. Photo credit: Chris Radley Photography. Source. |
THEATRE. Blood
Brothers, Edinburgh Playhouse
Monday 5 – Saturday
10, March
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| Actress and singer, Lyn Paul, as Mrs Johnstone, in Blood Brothers. Source. |
Blood Brothers, written by Willy Russell, tells a moving
tale of twins, Eddie and Mickey, who are separated at birth and meet when they
are grown up.
Each boy is raised very differently – one from a poor family
and the other a rich one. The pair become friends and fall in love with the
same girl causing a rift in their friendship.
This production by Bill Kenwright has received praise from
reviewers. The Sunday Times described it as ‘exhilarating… one of the best musicals
ever written’.
Actress and singer, Lyn Paul, returns to the role of the mother,
Mrs Johnstone, having already performed the part previously in the West End and
occasionally on the National Tour.
Her career includes being a member of the band, The New Seekers,
She was the featured vocalist on their 1972 Eurovision Song Contest entry, ‘Beg,
Steal or Borrow’ in which they came second. She was also lead vocalist on the 1974
No.1 hit ‘You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me’ and the No.5 single, ‘I Get A
Little Sentimental Over You’. Among the group's other works, they recorded the
song ‘I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing’.
The Blood Brother’s score includes the songs ‘Bright New
Day, ‘Marilyn Munroe’ and ‘Tell Me It’s Not True’.
Ticket prices are £21 - £51, visit http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/blood-brothers/edinburgh-playhouse/.
MUSIC: Meats &
Beats Festival, Summerhall
Friday 9 and Saturday
10, March
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| Meats & Beats Festival at Summerhall Place. Source. |
This festival, which combines music and food, is returning after
it sold out last year.
Every hour the music changes decade starting with pop
classics of the 70s all the way through to 2018. Guests are encouraged to
dress up in their favourite decade or as their favourite artist.
They can refuel after some dancing at their 'Outdoor Street Food
Village' - offering burrito meals and lots of barbecued meat options.
Pop-up bars from Stewart Brewing, Edinburgh Beer Factory,
Old Poison and Summerhall will serve craft beers, cocktails, wines and prosecco.
Song requests are accepted when buying tickets for £8 at https://www.meatsandbeats.co.uk/.
Note: The Saturday evening tickets from 6pm -11pm have already sold out.
Note: The Saturday evening tickets from 6pm -11pm have already sold out.
SPORT. 2018 Six
Nations Championship Rugby
Saturday 10 and
Saturday 17, March
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| Scotland's win at Murrayfield to England on Saturday, February 24, 2018. Source. |
Ireland v Scotland is on Saturday, March 10 (kick-off at
2.15pm) and then Italy v Scotland on Saturday, March 17 (kick-off at 12.30pm).
Follow this link to see seven of the best Edinburgh pubs and
bars to watch the Six Nations https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/edinburgh-six-nations-rugby-bars-pubs/.
Another great bar to watch these away games is Teuchters
Landing in Leith. See our pub review at: https://edinburghandus.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/teuchters-landing-whisky-galore-and-more.html.
FILM. Uncanny Valley
(Fortnightly late Friday night cult screenings), Edinburgh Filmhouse
Friday 9 and Friday
23, March
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| Event Horizon. Source. |
The Edinburgh Filmhouse hope that their ‘Uncanny Valley’
Friday night cult screenings - fortnightly at 11pm - will ‘shine a lantern on
the nocturnal neo-classics lurking in the shadows’.
On Friday, February 9, the 1997 sci-fi ‘Event Horizon’ will be
screened. The Paul W. S. Anderson film is set in 2047 and follows a crew of
astronauts sent on a rescue mission after an abandoned spaceship reappeared after its disappearance seven years earlier.
When the crew approach the ship, receipt of a garbled
transmission, intermittent life signals and sudden, terrifying hallucinations
lead them to believe that the ship may not be empty after all.
Their following screening, on March 23, is the 1996 horror-comedy
‘The Frighteners’. It was the last film by Peter Jackson before his decade-spanning
production of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
It stars Michael J. Fox as Paranormal Investigator Frank
Bannister, who develops psychic abilities to communicate with ghosts after his
wife is murdered. He befriends ghosts and sends them to haunt people, so he can
charge fees for exorcising them.
The Filmhouse describe it as: “A healthy cocktail of
chilling terror and Jackson’s own eccentric, trademark playfulness. Death,
ain't no way to make a living!”
Tickets cost £8 (£6 concessions). For further details
visit: https://www.filmhousecinema.com/season/uncanny-valley.
MARKET. Pitt Street Food Market, 125 Pitt Street in Leith
Saturday 10, March
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| A stall at The Pitt Street Food Market. Photo credit: Chris Radley Photography. Source. |
This weekly street food market reopens after a break throughout January and February.
It offers a vibrant array of food and live music. Drinks such as craft beer, wine and cocktails are available too.
The event lasts from noon until 10pm. Entry costs £2 and is free for children who are welcome until 8pm.
MUSEUM. Dynamic Earth
After Dark
Friday 23, March
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| Promotional image of Dynamic Earth. Source. |
This after-hours adventure features a silent disco through
Dynamic Earth with a dance floor and DJ.
There will be a bar, an Edinburgh Gin pop-up bar and food
stalls at the museum.
Dynamic Earth is home to Scotland’s only 360-degree full
dome theatre and a short version of the film ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’, inspired
by the music of Pink Floyd, will be screened on the evening.
The event lasts from 7pm to midnight and costs £20. Visitors,
must be over 18, and will be given time slots for the disco and film on arrival
at the event. Food vouchers can be purchased in advance to avoid queues.
For tickets visit: http://www.dynamicearth.co.uk/visit/after-dark.
FESTIVAL. Edinburgh
International Science Festival
Saturday 31, March – Sunday
15, April
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| Edinburgh International Science Festival 2018 logo. Source. |
The annual two-week festival celebrates science and
technology with a programme of innovative events, talks and activities at
venues across Edinburgh.
The festival, which was founded in 1989, aims to inspire
people of all ages and backgrounds to discover the world around them.
Last year we covered a talk at the event by Thomas Thwaites
on how he become a goat for a scientific study: https://edinburghandus.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/thomas-thwaites-account-of-becoming.html.
For more information visit: https://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/festival.
COMEDY. Stand-up shows: Ed Gamble and Craig Campbell, The Stand
Sunday 18, March and
Sunday 25, March
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| Ed Gamble's show 'Mammoth'. Source. |
Ed Gamble’s brings his show ‘Mammoth’ to Edinburgh’s Stand
on Sunday, March 18, from 5.30pm, for £12.
Edinburgh Festival’s Magazine described the British comic as
having a ‘creative and clever humour that leaves the audience in stitches’.
Craig Campbell performs his ‘Easy Tiger 2017-18 World Tour’
at 8pm on Sunday, March 25.
It costs £15 for a ticket to see the Canadian stand-up, who
was labelled by Time Out as ‘a fantastic yarn weaver, with charming tales of
his travels and hugely funny observations’.
To find out more about these shows and many more visit: http://www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/Edinburgh.
FILM. March movie releases
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| Tomb Raider: Alicia Vikander in the role as a young Lara Croft. Source. |
Showing: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Review).
The Post (Review). Black Panther and The Shape of Water (Reviews coming soon).
I, Tonya. Fifty Shades Freed, Lady Bird. Phantom Thread.
March 1: Red Sparrow – Director: Francis Lawrence. Starring: Jennifer
Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise
Parker, Jeremy Irons.
March 2: A Fantastic Woman - Director: Sebastián Lelio. Starring:
Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim, Nicolás Saavedra,
Amparo Noguera.
Game Night - Director: Mark Perez. Starring: Rachel McAdams,
Jason Bateman, Kyle Chandler, Jesse Plemons, Jeffrey Wright.
March 9: Wonder Wheel - Director: Woody Allen. Starring: Kate
Winslet, Jim Belushi, Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple.
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - Director: Alexandra Dean. Starring:
Hedy Lamarr, Nino Amareno, Charles Amirkhanian, Jeanine Basinger
You Were Never Really Here - Director: Lynne Ramsey. Starring:
Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alessandro Nivola, Alex Manette, John
Doman, Judith Roberts.
March 16: Mary Magdalene - Director: Garth Davis. Starring: Rooney
Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Tomb Raider - Director: Roar Uthaug. Starring: Alicia
Vikander, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Kristin Scott Thomas, Dominic West, Hannah
John-Kamen.
March 23: Unsane - Director: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: Claire Foy,
Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, Amy Irving.
March 29: The Islands and the Whales. Director: Mike Day.
For more listing visit: https://www.launchingfilms.com/release-schedule.
ART. BP Portrait Award 2017, National Portrait Gallery
Now – Sunday 11, March
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| 'Double Portrait' by French artist Thomas Ehretsmann, November 2016. The portrait captures his wife, Caroline, walking in a park with light hitting her face. It was named 'Double Portrait' as his wife was eight months pregnant at the time. |
Contemporary portrait paintings in a variety of styles and approaches are on display in the BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition.
The images can be seen for free at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and were selected from 2580 entries by artists from 87 countries.
They range from informal and personal studies of artist’s friends and family to famous faces.
ART. Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, National Museum of Scotland
Now – Sunday 29, April
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| Sergey Gorshkov's 'Arctic Treasure'. Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 finalist. The animal portrait shows an arctic fox carrying its trophy after a raid on a snow goose nest - captured in June in Wrangel Island in the Russian Far East. Source. |
The diversity and fragility of life on Earth is depicted through a wildlife photography exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland.
The images are part of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year photography event which has been developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London.
Their touring exhibition features award-winning photographs displayed on large-format, backlit panels.
Visitors can learn how the photographers captured the images which showcase some of nature’s most astonishing sights.
Tickets cost £8 for adults (£6 concession) and for under 16’s entry is free. Information at: https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/whats-on/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year/.
ART. ‘When We Were Young: Photographs of Childhood’, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Now – Friday 13, May
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| 'Beatle Girl' by Joseph McKenzie. A little girl enjoying herself on a walk with her older sister in the 1960's. The image is part of a series of photographs that portray the children of the Gorbals (a working-class district of Glasgow). |
The ‘When We Were Young’ free exhibition explores how the experience of childhood and our portrayal of children has changed over the years.
It features almost 100 images from the 1840’s to 2017 from the National Galleries of Scotland’s permanent collection.
For further information visit https://www.nationalgalleries.org/.
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