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Photo Coverage: Ben Jones Plays 54 Below

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presented Ben Jones in I Think We Should See Other People last night.   Check out the photos here.

Review: BOY FRIENDS FOREVER, Edinburgh International Book Festival

Are friendships the greatest love affairs of our lives? Join us to celebrate the publication of Michael Pedersen’s much-anticipated prose debut and intimate memoir Boy Friends. Along with two pioneering artists, Shirley Manson and Charlotte Church, Pedersen explores friendship, grief, love and the realms beyond. An evening of readings, performance and exuberance, this is an artists’ conversation not to be missed.

Edinburgh International Festival Gives Out Goodie Bags To First 100 Concert Goers In Princes St Gardens

Thank You, Edinburgh: the special, free and now sold out concert at the Playhouse taking place on Saturday, 27 August will be live streamed to Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens. First 100 people to arrive for the concert will receive an Edinburgh International Festival-branded goodie bag with a drink and sweet and savoury snacks supplied by the International Festival's official partners The Pantry and Bon Accord.

Edinburgh International Culture Summit Announces Significant Focus On Ukrainian Culture in its Third Strand: Culture and Freedom

Partners British Council, Edinburgh International Festival, Scottish Parliament and Scottish and UK Governments are set to welcome artists, Culture Ministers, parliamentarians and global influencers from across the world to the sixth Edinburgh International Culture Summit (Friday 26-Sunday 28 August 2022) at the Scottish Parliament. The Summit aims to inspire positive change in cultural policy and investment.

Review: YOU KNOW WE BELONG TOGETHER, Southbank Centre

This three-day run at the Southbank Centre's Purcell Room marks a UK debut for You Know We Belong Together', Julia Hales' unsparing and uplifting celebration of living with Down Syndrome.

Edinburgh 2022: Review: MEDEA, The Hub

Each word of Scottish poet Liz Lochhead's razor sharp adaption of Euripides' Medea is forged in fire. First staged in 2000, it is still searingly relevant and painfully urgent.

Leah Harvey Will Lead THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA at Stratford East

Theatre Royal Stratford East has announced full cast for Anthony Neilson's poignant and comical delve into the nature of mental illness, The Wonderful World of Dissocia, directed by Emma Baggott. Leah Harvey, BAFTA nominated star of the Apple TV+ series Foundation and last seen on stage in the National Theatre's Small Island, will play Lisa.

The Joyce Theater Announces Fall '22 / Winter '23 Season Featuring Alan Cumming in BURN & More

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the complete roster of unparalleled dance talent slated to showcase their artistry at The Joyce Theater during the Fall ‘22/Winter ‘23 season. Among the ranks of celebrated dance makers and award-winning companies is a refreshing combination of highly-anticipated return engagements and Joyce debuts.

Ben Jones to Return to 54 Below This Month With I THINK WE SHOULD SEE OTHER PEOPLE

54 BELOW will present Ben Jones in I Think We Should See Other People on August 25, 2022. Ben Jones returns to 54 Below with a funny, moving and deeply personal evening of classic standards, soaring showstoppers and modern hits, punctuated with raucous, side-splitting and devastatingly honest stories from his own love life.

Black Swan State Theatre Company Presents 2022 Tour of YOU KNOW WE BELONG TOGETHER

Black Swan has announced that You Know We Belong Together will be touring to London's Southbank Centre (18-20 August) followed by performances at the prestigious 2022 Edinburgh International Festival (24-27 August) in the Royal Lyceum Theatre. Originally, invited in 2020, the tour was postponed due to covid restrictions. 

Edinburgh Art Festival 2022 is Open

A city-wide celebration of the very best in visual art, Edinburgh Art Festival brings together the capital’s leading galleries, museums and established spaces. From photography documenting Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe to carnival-inspired performance art, the programme features international artists alongside exciting new voices from Scotland, the rest of the UK and beyond. 

Gabriel Byrne's WALKING WITH GHOSTS Premieres at Edinburgh International Festival

Acclaimed Irish actor Gabriel Byrne's solo show Walking with Ghosts, joins the Edinburgh International Festival programme as a UK premiere from 24 to 28 August in this, the Festival's 75th anniversary year. From the award-winning Landmark Productions, Byrne's solo performance follows his childhood in Dublin through to his major Hollywood career in seven performances at the Kings Theatre.

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