We were being led into a nightmare. Kept in the holding pen until the time came to enter the dimly lit hall. Glimmering wall sconces were about all the light…

‘Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach and Beethoven’ (part of the Edinburgh International Festival at the Usher Hall) was everything that it promised to be and so much more. Ólafsson was billed…

There are parts of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Ihsane, performed at the Festival Theatre Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival 2026, that I could not fully understand. Arabic words…

Piano legend and festival favourite Alfred Brendel died in June of last year, too late for a tribute to be included in the 2025 festival programme. However, this year’s festival…

At the Edinburgh International Festival, Ihsane emerges like a mirage – glittering, fragrant, full of promise, yet ultimately dissolving just as one tries to understand it. It offers a world…