EIF – tickets available for the opening event

The public is invited to kick off August and all it has to offer with the spectacular opening event of the Edinburgh International Festival, which will be held at George Heriot’s this year.

The Edinburgh International Festival’s opening event: Where to Begin, will light up the grounds of George Heriot’s in the heart of the Scottish capital on 2, 3 and 4 August, in response to this year’s festival theme: Rituals that Bring Us Together.

Tickets are now available on the Festival website.

The outdoor event will be a combination of immersive installations, performance, video projections and storytelling. Where to Begin is designed as the most appropriate opening to the city’s festival season.

Projection images created by British production company Pinwheel give audiences a taste of the spectacular event they can expect.

It was also announced that “one of Britain’s finest singer-songwriters” (The Guardian), Karine Polwart, features on a new commissioned track for Where to Begin, composed by Roma Yagnik with lyrics by Davey Anderson and Simon Sharkey. Listen to a snippet of the song here.

An Edinburgh International Festival production, created by Pinwheel in partnership with The Macallan, Where to Begin transforms a well-known Edinburgh location into the epicentre of creative power, exploring the myths and rituals that have shaped the country, the capital and its festivals.

These include the whiskey-making process and the warm welcome visitors to the city received in 1947, thanks to the private donations of coal rations by Edinburgh residents, which were used to illuminate Edinburgh Castle during the first Edinburgh International Festival.

https://www.eif.co.uk/opening-event-faqs

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