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A GUIDE TO LEITH AND NEWHAVEN
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06-May-2014
SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE : 2 pm
43-45 High Street EDINBURGH OLD TOWN 0131 5569579
Café Ceilidh - Join Linten Adie and friends from the Scots Music
Group for a free afternoon of traditional songs and music in the
Storytelling Court. A warm welcome and a chance to join in. - Free,
non-ticketed
06-May-2014
SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE : 7 pm
43-45 High Street EDINBURGH OLD TOWN 0131 5569579
The Underground of Song - Exploring significant songs from the
first stirrings of the Scottish Folk revival with the influence of Hamish
Henderson both serves to illuminate how songs inspired and gave
voice to new generations of singers. www.tracscotland.org
06-May-2014
SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE : 8.30 pm
43-45 High Street EDINBURGH OLD TOWN 0131 5569579
Euan Drysdale - Folk/blues singer-songwriter, Euan Drysdale has
an exciting and lyrical style, captured on his 2012 Robert Burns
inspired release ‘A Parcel of Rogues’. - www.tracscotland.org
06-May-2014
BLACKWELLS : 6.30pm
53-62 South Bridge EDINBURGH SOUTHSIDE 0131 622 8222
Scotland in a Federal UK? David Torrance - What can be done
– with or without independence – to make a Scotland a more equal,
successful and prosperous country? David Torrance sets an agenda
that draws upon the finest elements of Unionism, Nationalism,
Conservatism, Liberalism and the Scottish Left. - Free, ticketed
06-May-2014 until 09-May-2014
ST ANDREW BLACKADDER CHURCH : 7.30 p.m.
High Street NORTH BERWICK 01620 895233
Quartet - North Berwick Drama Circle’s next production is «Quartet»
a bittersweet comedy by Ronald Harwood The recent film directed by
Dustin Hoffman and starring Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline
Collins and Billy Connolly is based on this play, but rather different. - £8
(£6 concessions)
06-May-2014
BRUNTON THEATRE : 12pm lunch, 1pm concert
Ladywell Way MUSSELBURGH 0131665 2240
Hebrides Ensemble - Escape the hustle and bustle and join us in the
relaxed setting of venue 2. - www.thebrunton.co.uk
06-May-2014
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND : 2 pm
George IV Bridge EDINBURGH CITY CENTRE 0131 623 3740
Walter Scott and the Storytellers - Is ‘storyteller’ a polite word
for ‘liar’? - £6 (£4) - www.tracscotland.org
06-May-2014
BRUNTON THEATRE : 7.30pm
Ladywell Way MUSSELBURGH 0131665 2240
The Invisible Woman (12A) - Ralph Fiennes / UK 2013 / 1h51m /
12A . www.thebrunton.co.uk
06-May-2014
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND : 6 pm
George IV Bridge EDINBURGH CITY CENTRE 0131 623 3740
Clash of the Titans: Revival and Renaissance - Hamish
Henderson and Hugh MacDiarmid had a famous flyting about the
role of folksong in literature. But how was the twentieth century folk
revival related to the literay renaissance? www.tracscotland.org
06-May-2014
SUMMERHALL : 21.00-22.00
1 Summerhall EDINBURGH 0131 560 1590
Edinburgh Quartet: Late Sessions - The Edinburgh Quartet
celebrates the music of its Patron, James MacMillan, CBE, in this series
dedicated to his work. Drinks from the Royal Dick bar may be taken
into the concert. MacMillan - For Sonny; Etwas Zurückhaltend Tickets
available from Summerhall Box Office: 0845 874 3001
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