Silhouetted figures on complex scaffolding strike dramatic poses onstage, with a spotlight illuminating one singer in a fur coat, heels and black hat.

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Welcome to my first Edinburgh International Festival. Here, in Edinburgh each August, we come to make connections. This is your festival. It’s you, our audiences, who will create its spirit of joy and discovery. I am so excited to go on the journey with you.

– Nicola Benedetti, Festival Director

A woman standing in front of grand yellow doors holds her hand out and looks up to the side smiling as yellow confetti swirls in the air around her.

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This year, our programme explores three key themes...

An audience sit on blue and orange beanbags with orchestra players seated on chairs amongst them and a conductor standing in the middle

Community over chaos

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A group of dancers jump with their arms held straight against their legs in white dresses and black trousers above a floor covered in peat

Hope in the face of adversity

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A man keels on a misty stage with a series of doors in the background with his arms outstretched

A perspective that's not one's own

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A view of a disco ball illuminating a red-carpeted hallway from above, with stairs leading up to a mezzanine floor and statuettes on plinths on the wall.

At The Hub

The Festival's green room, open to all throughout August
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