The Truth About Ageing – SOLD OUT
Tuesday 22nd October 2024
Join Active Inquiry to explore and reimagine how we want society to view ageing and older age May is 75 …
Performance
Gen Z: The Future is Unwritten
Thursday 17th June - Saturday 26th June 2021
In answer to the question, “can young people change the world?”, 110 young people from Strange Town’s eight youth theatre …
The Sideshow
Wednesday 21st - Saturday 24th August 2019
Omawick. A small town on the edge of a big town. A place with a rich history and a strong …
Active Inquiry presents The Balancing Act
Tuesday 25th June 2019
Becky wants to be a good mother and to advance her career. After taking some time to support her child …
Overtime: Stories of work in Leith in 2018
Wednesday 22nd - Friday 24th August 2018
Leith Walk 2018. A lollipop man and a homeless woman watch the thousands of people going about their daily routines – …
Overtime: Stories of work in Leith in 2018
Thursday 14th - Saturday 16th June 2018
Leith walk 2018. A lollipop man and a homeless woman watch the thousands of people going about their daily routines …
No Exit – A Performance
April/May 2018
April 2018 Friday 27th Saturday 28th Sunday 29th May 2018 Friday 4th Saturday 5th Sunday 6th All performances are from …
IberoDocs 5th edition: Short films + performance
Thursday 5th April 2018
In collaboration with Bendita tú, Women Being and Filmoteca Castilla y León (Spain), IberoDocs presents a variety of modes of …
Leith Moves: The Waves on the Seas
Wednesday 16th - Saturday 19th August 2017
Leith Moves is an Out of the Blue Heritage Lottery Funded education project investigating the historical significance of Leith Docks. …
Spect-Act Festival
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May 2017, entry by donation
Spect-Act is a network of Theatre of the Oppressed Companies in Edinburgh supported by Active Inquiry. The techniques of the …
Undermined
Friday 28th April 2017
Book tickets via eventbrite Unite Scotland & Unite Community Presents Inspired by the accounts of miners who lived through the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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; …
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 …
Nic Green
Cock and Bull
By Nic Green, with Laura Bradshaw and Rosana Cade Thu 11 – Sun 14 August, 8pm Reserve seats Originally conceived …
Search Party
Growing Old With You
Thu 18 & Fri 19 August, 8pm Reserve seats Growing Old With You is a life-long performance project that slowly …
SYZYGY
Thank You For Being Here
Tue 16 – Wed 17 August, 6pm Reserve seats ‘The world grows ever smaller, more connected, more crowded, and ironically, …
Bruncheon featuring Candythief, Callum Easter, Ewan Bush & Artcore Circus
Saturday 9th July 2016
A cracking line-up for our July Bruncheon put together by special guest programmer Candythief who will also be hitting the …
Tales From The Hanging Captain
Thursday 16th - Saturday 18th June 2016
Following on from the hugely successful production of “Persevere”, part of Out of the Blue’s Gretna 100 Project, “Tales From …
Imaginate Festival: Broken Dreams
2nd, 3rd & 4th June 2016
Broken Dreams By Kopergietery and Mambocito Mio Belgium Ages: 8+ Tickets on sale from Thursday 17th March Thursday 2nd June, …
Active Inquiry presents Spect-Act
Saturday 21st May 2016
Spect-Act is a two-year project with the goal of developing a network of Theatre of the Oppressed companies in Edinburgh. The …
Artcore Takeover at Central Library
Saturday 6 Feb 2016
It’s National Libraries Day on Saturday 6th February and the Central Library will definitely be a place for entertainment and …
Home – A Legislative Theatre Experiment
VENUE CHANGE: Thursday 28th November 2019
Please note: this event is now being held at the following venue. Norton Park 57 Albion Road Edinburgh EH7 5QY …
#artcore Circus Finale!
Saturday 11th July 2015
|| FREE ENTRY || #Artcore Circus presents their brand new show ‘Level Up’ – A fusion of classic and contemporary circus, …
Gretna 100 – Persevere & Seven of the 7th Exhibition
May - August 2015
On the 22nd May 1915 1915, at Quintinshill near Gretna, the worst train disaster in British railway history left over …
Puppet Animation Festival 2015
Thursday 9th April - Friday 17th April 2015
The Puppet Animation Festival (www.puppetanimationfestival.org), the UK’s oldest and largest performing arts festival for children, returns to the Drill Hall …
Creative Electric’s Guerilla Art Project
March - June 2015
#artcore collaborated with Creative Electric on the Guerilla Arts Project, where artists and participants created exciting new theatre and art …
Pyroceltica #artcore Circus
May-July 2015
Pyroceltica is an Edinburgh based entertainment company specialising in Celtic fire theatre and circus entertainment. The company performs locally as well …
Active Inquiry Theatre Company presents RESILIENCE
Saturday 11th October 2014
A Legislative Theatre Project exploring how communities, individuals, groups and organisations can be supported to become more resilient and thrive. …
Open Grip 6 – Aerial Event
Saturday 27th September 2014
Open Grip is a performance opportunity for all levels of artist specifically for aerial and acrobatics. The only rule is …
Miss.Fit Sister’s Vintage Circus
Saturday 23rd August 2014
Miss.Fit Sisters invite you to run away with their Vintage Circus this festival. Be amazed by the stunning aerial and …
Ellie Dubois and Kim Donohoe
I hope you never love anyone as much as I love you
I hope you never love anyone as much as I love you 12 August 2.30pm Drill Hall Studio I know …
Eilidh MacAskill
The Conference Call of the Birds
Dates & Times tbc Created in response to the large gathering of humans in Glasgow for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, The …
ACTive INquiry presents ‘Fish is the Future’
19th and 20th June 7.30pm, 21st June 2.30pm and 6.00pm
Fish is the Future Will Fishtowners keep their autonomy or cross the mysterious bridge? The small island community of Fishtown has existed …
Leith Festival
14th - 22nd June 2014
Leith Festival returns with a full programme of events ranging from music to visual art, exhibitions to guided tours, dance …
SCREE Magazine presents
Saturday 14th June 2014
SCREE in association with Syndicate is proud to present an evening of experimental poetry, music and visual art ANAK-ANAK + …
Open Grip 5
Sunday 13th April 2014
Open Grip is scratch performance for aerial. It’s a chance for artists to show a first draft to a live …
Michael Pinchbeck
The Middle
20th August, 7.30pm . Book tickets here. Inspired by Hamlet, The Middle is a one-man show devised for a theatre …
Brown Council
Remembering Barbara Cleveland
16th – 25th August. Remembering Barbara Cleveland is an interdisciplinary work that that focuses on the legacy of the mythic …
Dan Gorman & Ryan Van Winkle
ViewMaster – a poetic slide show for one
one-on-one performance. 16th – 19th August, 11am-1pm & 3.45pm-5.30pm. A personal slide-show for your eyes and ears only. You choose …
Dictaphone Group
Nothing to Declare
16th – 21st August. 3.30pm. Book tickets here. Nothing to Declare is a research-based lecture performance that explores borders within Lebanon, …
Harry Wilson
The Death Jump Series: The Blue of Distance
in collaboration with Rob Jones and Cara Berger. Thursday 22nd August 2013, 12.30pm-4.30pm. “First there is nothing, then there is …
Action Hero
Hoke’s Bluff
16th – 23rd August. Produced by China Plate Book tickets here. We’re giving the crowd an H! We’re giving the crowd …
Rosana Cade
Walking:Holding
20th – 22nd August & 24 August. 1-3pm & 4-5.30pm each day. One on one performance “It is not our …
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