Puppet Animation Festival 2017
Monday 27th - Wednesday 29th March 2017
The Puppet Animation Festival (www.puppetanimationfestival.org), the UK’s oldest and largest performing arts festival for children, returns to the Drill Hall …
Past Events
All events below have passed and are listed from most recent to least.
Bruncheon! feat Graeme Mearns, Doug Johnstone & Candythief + Junk Percussion W’shop
Saturday 8th April 2017
For our April Bruncheon we team up with Re-Act Scotland for a fundraising Jumble Sale and Junk Percussion Workshop. The Bruncheon Audience will …
Re-Act Jumble Sale fundraiser
Saturday 8th April 2017
A jumble sale to raise funds for the vital aid work Re-Act are responsible for, using donations from local people. …
iDENTiTY – Open Auditions
Saturday 1st April 2017
Anomaly Theatre Company will be presenting iDENTiTY, a series of short plays about living in the modern world, at the …
Wee Ginger Dug – Talk with Paul Kavanagh
Monday 27th March 2017
EU national? Thinking about your future here in Scotland in the Brexit era? What about Scottish Independence? Come along to …
Full Cirqle & Friends presents: Leith Loves Circus
Saturday 25th March 2017
Come along to a fun-filled evening of performance from the circus artists, musicians and performers in Edinburgh. Expect the unexpected …
Bruncheon! Featuring The Eastern Swell, Dowally, Candythief & Edinburgh Contemporary Choir
Saturday 11th March 2017
Live music and brunch at the Drill Hall Arts Cafe! Anglo Scottish outfit The Eastern Swell formed in Edinburgh in …
Cancelled – Freeze Frame Film Club presents Lola (1961)
Friday 10th March 2017
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this Friday night’s Freeze Frame Film Club has been cancelled. See www.facebook.com/freezeframefilmclub for news and updates. France …
Vintage Kilo Sale
Saturday 4th March 2017
Earlybird Entry 11am-12pm £3 payable on the door General Entry 12-4pm £1.50 payable on the door The Vintage Kilo Sale …
Freeze Frame Film Club presents Once (2007)
Friday 17th February 2017
Director: John Carney Not a typical romantic circa February 14th musical but an understated and subtle story of two people …
Bruncheon featuring The Eastern Swell, Candythief & S T E M S
Saturday 11th February 2017
Our February Bruncheon features a stellar line-up courtesy of special guest programmer Candythief who will also be hitting the stage! …
Vintage Kilo Sale
Sunday 22nd January 2017
Earlybird Entry 11am-12pm £3 payable on the door General Entry 12-4pm £1.50 payable on the door The Vintage Kilo …
Bruncheon featuring Candythief, Beyond Kirkland & Sarah Gallagher
Saturday 14th January 2017
A stellar line-up for our January Bruncheon put together by special guest programmer Candythief who will also be hitting the stage! …
Re-act Jumble Sale fundraiser
Saturday 14th January 2017
A jumble sale to raise funds for the vital aid work Re-Act are responsible for, using donations from local people. …
Xmas Arts Markets, Open Studios and Bruncheon!
Saturday 3rd & Saturday 10th December 2016
Artwork and crafts for sale direct from the artists in the relaxed atmosphere of The Out of the Blue Drill …
The Magic of Augmented Reality (cancelled)
Sunday 4th December 2016
Please note this workshop has been cancelled. The Magical World of Augmented Reality: Be with everyone you love this Christmas …
Out of the Blue Open Studios
Saturday 3rd December 2016
Visit our resident artists’ and makers’ studios to get a behind-the-scenes peek into the work they do here at the …
Freeze Frame Film Club presents Gremlins (1984)
Friday 2nd December 2016
Director: Joe Dante The Freeze Frame team love a classic Christmas movie. Carols and angels, bells and the like but …
Vintage Kilo Sale
Saturday 19th November 2016
Earlybird Entry 11am-12pm £3 payable on the door General Entry 12-4pm £1.50 payable on the door The Vintage Kilo Sale …
Bruncheon featuring Candythief, The Kitchen Stools & Liam Baker
Saturday 12th November 2016
A cracking line-up for our November Bruncheon put together by special guest programmer Candythief who will also be hitting the …
Freeze Frame Film Club presents: A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Friday 4th November 2016
Dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger “Nothing is stronger than the law in the universe, but on Earth, nothing is …
20th Edinburgh Independent and Radical Book Fair
Wednesday 26th - Sunday 30th October 2016
Organised by Word Power Books, this alternative book festival will feature talks, film screenings plus a huge array of books …
The Wellbeing Mela
Sunday 23rd October 2016
A fun family day to celebrate diversity and promote positive mental health and wellbeing among Edinburgh’s varied minority ethnic communities. …
Edinburgh Eco Fair 2016
Saturday 15th October 2016
Come along to the Eco Fair and discover Edinburgh’s green companies and services. Or stroll among the stalls of planet-friendly …
Global Justice Now: Monsanto on trial
Sunday 9th October 2016 - Exhibition until 14th October 2016
Farida Akhter, Bangladeshi economist and founder of one of the biggest community seed banks in the world is coming to …
Freeze Frame & Screen Bandita workshop: Bring Your Own Archive
Saturday 1st October 2016
Screen Bandita and Freeze Frame Film Club invite you to contribute to their participatory community gathering: a welcoming space in which …
Freeze Frame Film Club presents The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Friday 30th September 2016
A classic Ealing comedy to kick start the season starring Alec Guinness as the careful and trustworthy bank clerk who …
OH BUOY
Wednesday 24th August - Friday 30th September 2016
Buoy 1. an anchored float serving as a navigation mark, to show reefs or other hazards, or for mooring. An …
Freeze Frame & Screen Bandita present Treasures from the Screen Bandita Archive
Friday 14th October 2016
Freeze Frame and Screen Bandita collaborate for an evening of unexpected and entertaining visual curios drawn from the Bandita archive! …
Bruncheon featuring The Sound of Muesli
Saturday 8th October 2016
Brunch and live music event at the Drill Hall Arts Café. Local musical talent creating a chilled out atmosphere alongside …
RE-ACT Humble Jumble Sale Fundraiser
Saturday 8th October 2016
A jumble sale to raise funds for the vital aid work Re-Act are responsible for, using donations from local …
Free Introductory Vinyasa Flow & Ashtanga Yoga Workshops
Thursday 6th October 2016
Two mini introductory yoga workshops for anyone new to yoga or keen to start a regular yoga practice. Both workshops are …
Bruncheon featuring Candythief, Lewis Gibson and Sara Forsure
Saturday 10th September 2016
Live music and brunch at the Drill Hall Arts Cafe! A cracking line-up for our September Bruncheon put together by …
DEAD ENDS
Friday 12th - Friday 19th August 2016
“DEAD ENDS” is a new radio drama serial created for and performed by 18-25 year olds, which is launching as …
Abigail Conway
Time Lab
Thu 11 – Mon 15 August, various times How precious is time to you? Escape the hustle and bustle of …
Action Hero
Watch Me Fall
Thu 11 – Sat 13 August, 9pm Reserve seats I’m going over in a barrel. I’m leaving the cannon, hitting …
Active Inquiry and Strange Town Young Company
Tales From Hanging Captain
Sat 13 & Sun 14 August, 1pm Reserve seats Stories from Leith Docks, of voyages, misadventure, struggle and solidarity Following …
Afreena Islam
Daughters of the Curry Revolution
Wednesday 17 August, 11am, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm Reserve seats “When I was little, I used to hang out at …
Brian Solomon with Mariana Medellin-Meinke
The NDN Way
Thu 18 – Sat 20 August, 6pm Reserve seats In 1974, a budding artist created her first Canadian Broadcast Corporation …
Brian Lobel
Hold My Hand and We’re Halfway There
performed by Brian Lobel and (maybe, probably, hopefully) you Fri 12 & Sat 13 August, 12.30pm-6.30pm Hold My Hand and We’re Halfway There was Brian’s first show …
Forest Fringe 2016
Thursday 11th - Saturday 20th August 2016
Forest Fringe celebrate their 10th year at the Edinburgh Festival and 4th year at the Out of the Blue Drill …
Dan Canham
30 Cecil Street
Tue 15 – Sat 20 August, 9.15pm* (*part of a double bill with Paper Cinema’s The Nightflyer) Reserve seats The final …
A Date in Time – [cancelled]
Thursday 4th August 2016
Update: We are very sorry to announce that the 4th August crossing (event) has been postponed. Details of future dates will …
Daniel Oliver
Weird Seance: MAX DYSPR-AXES
Thu 11 – Sun 14 August, 3pm Reserve seats We are, Daniel tells us, in the future looking back on …
David Nicol
Chains on Sink Plugs
Thu 18 & Fri 19 August, 12pm Reserve seats David Nicol is a long time resident of Edinburgh who is …
Elisabeth Carlile
Hush Now My Darling
Tuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 August, 4.30pm Reserve seats Hush Now My Darling is a live performance that explores the relationship between …
Ira Brand
Break Yourself
Thu 18 – Sat 20 August, 2pm Reserve seats “The thing I like about Springsteen is that all his songs …
Greg Wohead
Celebration, Florida
Thu 11 – Sun 14 August, 6pm Reserve seats Veering between reality and simulation, Celebration, Floridaorbits around ideas of surrogacy; …
Jo Bannon
Exposure
Thu 11 – Mon 14 August, various times Exposure is the beginning of an investigation into how we look, how …
Jak Soroka
If We Did It Like This
Tuesday 16 August, 12-2pm No booking necessary, this is a durational work and the audience are free to come and …
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