Here are a few
exciting things to do and see in Edinburgh this month…
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| Ghost The Musical. Image source. |
MARKET. The Pitt, Pitt Street
Saturday, February 9th,
12pm – 10pm
The weekly Pitt market takes place
at a new venue on 125, Pitt Street.
The event describes that it includes
the following: “Six Nations, street food, craft beer and wine, plus the usual
Pitt antics. Food line-up announced soon.”
For details and updates visit their
Facebook Page at: https://www.facebook.com/pittstmarket/.
EVENT. Giant Lanterns of China,
Edinburgh Zoo
Now – Sunday 17th,
February
The Giant Lanterns of China is a
mile trail with more than 450 crafted lanterns which feature ancient Chinese
legends and fantasy creatures.
Some of these include unicorns,
giants, kelpies and the Loch Ness Monster, alongside animals past and present.
There is also handmade crafts from Chinese artisans in the marketplace and hot
drinks and snacks.
Tickets online are £18 for an adult
and £9.50 for a child. For details visit: https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/giant-lanterns-2018/.
EVENT. Capital SciFi Con, Edinburgh
Corn Exchange
Friday 15th – Sunday 17th,
February, 10am – 6pm (Sunday 5pm)
Edinburgh's not-for-profit pop
culture, comic and movie convention for fans by fans! Comic guests and movie
guests are attending.
For details go to: https://www.capitalscificon.co.uk/.
To see movie guests attending visit: https://www.capitalscificon.co.uk/movie-guests
. All profits go to the charity CHAS (Children’s Hospices Across Scotland).
FILM. Valentine’s Day Screening of
Dirty Dancing, Cameo Cinema
Thursday, 14th, February,
8.45pm
The Cameo describe the performance: “This
timeless, Oscar winning classic is a phenomenally popular coming-of-age tale
beloved by generations. Teenager Baby (Jennifer Grey), goes with her family on
vacation to Kellerman’s holiday resort in the Catskill Mountains. Things are
pretty tame until she meets Johnny (Patrick Swayze), a dance teacher at the
resort who mesmerises Baby with his dance moves, his passion and his
misunderstood ‘bad boy’ image. During the summer of 1963, Johnny teaches Baby
how to dance. And, more importantly, how to love.”
MUSICAL. Jersey Boys, Edinburgh
Playhouse
Tuesday 19th February –
Saturday, 2nd, March
Read below for Edinburgh Playhouse’s
overview of Jersey Boys:
“The internationally acclaimed stage
sensation, Jersey Boys is working its way back to round the UK! This smash hit
musical has won 57 major awards worldwide, including the Olivier Award for Best
New Musical. Jersey Boys tells the true-life story of four boys from the wrong
side of the tracks who wrote their own songs, invented their own unique sound,
and sold 100 million records worldwide.
“Featuring hit after legendary hit
including Beggin’, December 1963 (Oh What A Night), Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,
Walk Like A Man, Bye Bye Baby, Big Girls Don’t Cry and many more, Jersey Boys
is a story full of heart, humour and ‘sheer musical razzmatazz’ (The Sunday Express)
you simply will never forget.”
For information visit: https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/jersey-boys/edinburgh-playhouse/.
MUSICAL. Ghost the Musical, Festival
Theatre
26th February - 2nd
March
The Festival Theatre describe Ghost
The Musical: “Walking back to their apartment late one night a tragic encounter
sees Sam murdered and his beloved girlfriend Molly alone, in despair and
utterly lost. But with the help of a phony storefront psychic Sam, trapped
between this world and the next, tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of
saving her from grave danger…
“The movie ‘Ghost’ has proven to be
one of cinema’s biggest all-time hits. Starring the late Patrick Swayze, Demi
Moore and Whoopi Goldberg it was the highest grossing film of 1990 and won an
Oscar for screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin who has adapted his screenplay for this
musical. The movie and the musical feature The Righteous Brothers’ Unchained
Melody alongside many more terrific songs co-written by Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart."
For full details, see their website:
https://www.capitaltheatres.com/whats-on/ghost.
RUGBY. Six Nations, Murrayfield
Here are the dates of some of the
Six Nations games: 2nd February Scotland vs Italy, 9th
February Scotland vs Ireland. Scotland games away from home: 23rd
February France vs Scotland.
Some great places to watch the rugby
are: Three Sisters, Diggers (Athletic Arms), Teuchters (West End) and
Brewhemia. For other suggestions, go to: https://edinburgh.org/blog/best-bars-in-edinburgh-for-watching-the-rugby/.
MUSICAL. Whats love got to do with
it? A tribute to Tina Turner, Usher Hall
Wednesday 27th, February,
7.30pm
“What's Love Got To Do With It? is
the joyous new show celebrating the music of the incredible Tina Turner,”
explain The Usher Hall website.
They add: “Brought to you by the
award-winning producers behind the hugely successful Whitney - Queen Of The
Night, What’s Love Got To Do With It? is the ultimate tribute concert to one of
the most iconic and loved musical artists of our generation.
“In this brand-new touring theatre
show, audiences can expect a night of high energy, feel-good rock-and-roll
featuring Tina's greatest hits performed by the amazing vocal talent of Elesha
Paul Moses (Whitney - Queen Of The Night, The Voice, X Factor) supported by full
ten piece live band.”
For details see: http://www.usherhall.co.uk/whats-on/what%E2%80%99s-love-got-do-it-tribute-tina-turner.
COMEDY. The Comedy Show, Gilded Balloon
Basement
Friday and Saturday nights from 8pm-10pm
The Basement
Theatre host ‘The Comedy Show’ which combines up-and-coming talent with Fringe
favourites.
There is a
different line-up and headliner every week. Tickets are £12. For details visit:
https://www.gildedballoon.co.uk/programme/performances.php?eventId=14:2427.
MARKETS. Across Edinburgh
Saturday and Sundays
Traders vary
from week to week at each of the markets selling goods such as art and crafts,
food items, jewellery and gifts.
The
Edinburgh Farmers Market, at Castle Terrace, runs on Saturdays from 9am – 2pm and
sells a variety of fresh local produce from specialist producers.
The Grassmarket
Weekly Market takes place on Saturdays from 10am – 5pm. The Leith Market, which
includes a ‘vegan quarter’, also takes place on Saturdays and starts at 10am-4pm.
The Stockbridge Market takes place on Sundays from 10am-5pm.
ART EXHIBITION. Edwin G. Lucas: An
Individual Eye, City Art Gallery
Now – Sunday, 10th, February
Edwin G.
Lucas (1911-1990) was one of the most unique Scottish painters of the 20th
century. Born and raised in Edinburgh, he channelled the influence of
Surrealism in his work, cultivating an original and highly imaginative style of
painting during the 1940s and 50s that set him apart from his contemporaries.
Today, however, he is virtually unknown.
Edwin G.
Lucas: An Individual Eye is the first major exhibition to focus on this unusual
and enigmatic artist. The free exhibition features over sixty artworks from
public and private collections, including loans from the artist’s estate and
the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, it traces the untold story of
Lucas’s life and career.
EXHIBITION. BP Portrait Award,
National Portrait Gallery
Now – Sunday, 10th, March
The BP Portrait Award is the most
prestigious portrait painting competition in the world and represents the very
best in contemporary portrait painting. With a first prize of £35,000, and a
total prize fund of £74,000, the award is aimed at encouraging artists to focus
upon and develop portraiture in their work. Over the years this has attracted
over 40,000 entries from more than 100 countries.
A fixture at the National Portrait
Gallery, London for 39 years - 29 of which have been sponsored by BP. The BP
Portrait Award is now in its ninth year at the Scottish National Portrait
Gallery, and it continues to be an unmissable highlight of the annual art
calendar.
ART EXHIBITION. Artist Rooms: Louise
Bourgeois, Kettle’s Yard
Now – Sunday, 24th, March
The free
exhibition of work by Louise Bourgeois at Kettle’s Yard includes sculptures,
prints and drawings, reflecting different periods in Bourgeois’ life. All works
are drawn from the Artist Rooms collection.
Louise
Bourgeois (1911–2010) was born in Paris and lived and worked in New York from
1938. She is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern
and contemporary art. Often biographical, Bourgeois’ work explores themes
including childhood, family, motherhood and gender identity.
She engaged
with existentialism and surrealism as a young artist in Paris – where she was
also mentored by Joan Miró – and moved to New York in 1938. The importance of
her work was not fully recognised until the 1970s, when her career was
reinvigorated by a new generation of women artists.
Her
wide-ranging art, encompassed painting, sculpture, installation and
printmaking, exploring themes including childhood, family, motherhood and
gender identity.
EXHIBITION. Robots, National Museum of
Scotland.
Now – Sunday, 5th, May
From early
mechanised human forms to today’s cutting-edge technology, this exhibition
reveals our 500-year quest to make machines human.
It features
more than 100 objects – from automatons to science fiction film stars and the
creations of modern research labs.
Focusing on
robots that are designed to resemble the human body, the exhibition explores
the creation of these humanoids and the insights they offer into our ambitions
and desires in a rapidly changing world.
Featured are
early clockwork machines, a modern recreation of renowned British robot Eric,
and stars of the silver screen including a T-800 endoskeleton used in the movie
Terminator Salvation and a replica of Maria from the iconic 1927 film
Metropolis.
Tickets are
£10 for adults, £8 for concessions and free for children under 16. Visit: https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/whats-on/robots/.
ART EXHIBITION. Andy Warhol and Eduardo
Paolozzi | I want to be a machine, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Now – Sunday, 2nd, June
This free
exhibition takes its theme from a much-quoted remark by Andy Warhol: “I want to
be a machine”. Behind Warhol’s seemingly facetious quip was the serious belief
that art would become increasingly mechanised.
This
exhibition examines Warhol’s and Paolozzi’s work, showing how they captured
images from photography and advertisements. Warhol traced his images while
Paolozzi used collage, until they both turned to screen-printing in the early
1960s to transform photographs into prints.
It includes
rarely seen drawings by Warhol from the 1950s, as well as his famous
multi-coloured prints of Marilyn Monroe and a group of recently acquired
‘stitched’ photographs. Works by Paolozzi include some of his early proto-Pop
collages from the early 1950s and his kaleidoscopically-coloured prints from
the 60s and 70s.
For more
details, go to https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/andy-warhol-and-eduardo-paolozzi-i-want-be-machine.
MUSIC. The Gorms, Whiski Bar and Restaurant
Mondays and Fridays, 10pm – 12.30am
The Gorms
play free mostly traditional Scottish folk music in their own distinctive way.
An element
of humour usually runs through their performances, which run the gamut from
soft and wistful to (more often) very rowdy. Visit their website at https://thegorms.bandcamp.com/ or
view footage of the bank live on YouTube.
FILM, Cinemas across Edinburgh
With the Oscars being held on Sunday,
24th February, there are lots of nominated options to see. Some of
these include The Favourite, Can you Ever Forgive Me, Vice and Greenbook.
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