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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2022 Edinburgh International Festival.
This was a very special year for us, marking our 75th anniversary, our first full-scale Festival since 2019 and our Festival Director Fergus Linehan’s final Festival after eight years with us. Hosting familiar friends of the Festival alongside many artists making their debuts, it was wonderful to welcome the world to Edinburgh once more.
MACRO
In a continuation of the tradition introduced by Fergus Linehan, we kicked off the Festival with a spectacular, free opening event! This year started with MACRO: an incredible collaboration between circus company Gravity & Other Myths, Australian dance group Djuki Mala, the National Youth Choir of Scotland and traditional Celtic musicians, with Edinburgh Makar Hannah Lavery kicking things off with a spoken word performance. Around 15,000 people came to the iconic BT Murrayfield Stadium to celebrate both the start of the 75th Festival and the beginning of our UK/Australia Season.
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MACRO
© 2022 Credit : Ryan Buchanan![A group of acrobats stand on top of each other with three doing bridges, whilst another acrobat runs over the top of them.](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/MACRO-Dress-Rehearsal-Andrew-Perry-107.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557207&s=e9a3028d2d14978eede89900a3ca8009)
MACRO
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![A group of people sit in the stands of Murrayfield stadium smiling and clapping](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/EIF_OPENING_2022_MACRO_RyanBuchanan_012.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557286&s=eb7a38768fd8ea153255adcc146486a9)
MACRO
© 2022 Credit : Ryan Buchanan![A group of acrobats stand holding other acrobats in handstands above their head](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/MACRO-Dress-Rehearsal-Andrew-Perry-237.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557210&s=c16301f865895cdd917f41628e4e33ed)
MACRO
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![Choir members and a fiddler lit up in an orange glow](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/EIF_OPENING_2022_MACRO_RyanBuchanan_002.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557286&s=99438212798090547c85ccf293cf958c)
MACRO
© 2022 Credit : Ryan Buchanan![A man dressed in white playing a didgeridoo](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/MACRO-Dress-Rehearsal-Andrew-Perry-238-1.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557209&s=22dba2222b4aa66e60a6bffb6210d8a1)
MACRO
© 2022 Credit : Andrew PerryClassical Music & Opera
Our opera programme opened with the beautifully staged Rusalka, followed by acclaimed, star-studded concert performances of Fidelio and Salome. Our symphonic series filled the Usher Hall to the rafters with world-class orchestras, including residencies from the Philharmonia Orchestra and The Philadelphia Orchestra, the return of our very own Royal Scottish National Orchestra and a debut concert from the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. The Queen’s Hall provided a stage for sparkling solos and enchanting ensembles including Golda Schultz, the Takács Quartet and the Chineke! Chamber Ensemble and William Barton.
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Rusalka
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![A conductor stands with his arms raised in front of him in front of an orchestra](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Bergen-Philharmonic-Orchestra_RyanBuchanan_023.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557265&s=a070a8125d275225626a1ad33f4ec942)
Vikingur Olafsson and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
© 2022 Credit : Ryan Buchanan![A man in a black shirt stands next to a grand piano smiling](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/BruceLiuCurtainCall_%C2%A9_JShurte_05-1.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557278&s=062ebd83d7b381d5072e7448df8fb8cd)
Bruce Liu
© 2022 Credit : Jess Shurte![An orchestra stand on stage whilst the conductor and soloist hug at the front](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Fidelio-Andrew-Perry-32.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557203&s=eeaa0c7b4011d588d850572a2a6c949c)
Fidelio
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![A prince and a woman in a ball gown dance holding hands](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Rusalka-%C2%A9-Andrew-Perry-192_1.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557196&s=da932f858a42f9e46427f62829ae431a)
Rusalka
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![A blonde woman stands conducting an orchestra with her arms raised and a smile on her face](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Helsinki-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Andrew-Perry-23.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557201&s=27f0e62334f157573734eb0b15e04ff2)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![A group of men in suits and a woman in a vibrant pink dress bow and hold hands at the front of a stage](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Salome-Andrew-Perry-16.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557194&s=18e4618c088b14a5569cbc2e2974d338)
Salome
© 2022 Credit : Andrew PerryTheatre
Our theatre programme traversed the globe with plays of all shapes and sizes; from solo pieces by icons of stage and screen Gabriel Byrne and Alan Cumming, to sweeping epics Counting and Cracking and A Little Life. The Church Hill Theatre hosted compactly choreographed ensemble pieces The End of Eddy and When You Walk Over My Grave, as well as Kiki Katese and the Women Drummers of Rwanda’s deeply moving exploration of forgiveness and reconciliation, The Book of Life.
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Counting and Cracking
© 2022 Credit : Jassy Earl![A group of young men stand on stage under a dome of crinkled material](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/The-End-Of-Eddy-Andrew-Perry-39.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557227&s=5fc78c039d6d5df90fbc0bd9ce87b38c)
The End Of Eddy
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![Two women with Down's syndrome sit at a diner table looking at something in the distance and smiling.](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/You-Know-We-Belong-Together-%C2%A9-Toni-Wilkinson-1-3.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557233&s=84628a1bfebc4bb094291146c7122b44)
You Know We Belong Together
© 2022 Credit : Toni Wilkinson![A woman with short afro hair in a black dress stands with her arms held either side by a group of women looking up at her](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/MedeaMediaCall_%C2%A9_JShurte_29.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557198&s=d7be05ef74a6a37d4bf5ee47549c71c8)
Medea
© 2022 Credit : Jess Shurte![A man in a white shirt with black hair sits reading from a book](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Burn-Production-Photography-Photo-credit-Tommy-Ga-Ken-Wan-07.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557278&s=b6149fa0658b2cfac6f4710f89fc14ca)
Burn
© 2022 Credit : Tommy Ga Ken Wan![A group of women dressed in vibrant blue dresses stand around a table smiling at pieces of paper](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/BookofLifeMediaCall_%C2%A9_JShurte_23.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557271&s=fbe74f47bebe1cc8fc102ac0497bdabc)
The Book of Life
© 2022 Credit : Jess ShurteDance
Classic tales such as Coppélia and The Jungle Book were transformed into dynamic explorations of modern social issues by Scottish Ballet and the Akram Khan Company respectively, while other choreographers drew inspiration from everything from ancient Buddhist philosophy to their parents’ house parties.
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Coppélia
© 2022 Credit : Andy Ross![A tower of acrobats lean at a 45 degree angle, collapsing into a group waiting beneath them](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/The-Pulse-Andrew-Perry-15-1.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557226&s=af925f3275d5293b72d7db425b8d2587)
The Pulse
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![Standing in the sea water before a tall marker, a dancer stands side-on in an arabesque, his arm reaching above his head. He is supported by another dancer, who holds his hand, counter-balancing him as he reaches behind him.](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/SAMSARA_MediaCall_RyanBuchanan_006.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=clip&dm=1700556761&s=ceb54dff76634fc34732abf62a906bab)
Samsara
© 2022 Credit : Ryan Buchanan![A group of dancers stand in a triangle formation with their arms in a cross in front of them](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Akram-Khans-Jungle-Book-reimagined-1G4A5000-%C2%A9Ambra-Vernuccio.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557270&s=c805e59eac39820ea87ab5b8040ad9b1)
Jungle Book reimagined
© 2022 Credit : Ambra Vernuccio![A row of four woman sit on a sofa, dressed in casual clothes and head wraps, in matching poses with their heads bowed, ankles crossed and toes pointed.](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/EIF_An-Untitled-Love_9-%C2%A9-Jassy-Earl-1.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.6521&fp-y=0.4229&dm=1700556889&s=63c6d2fb95cfd2df337f891657f6de0d)
An Untitled Love
© 2022 Credit : Jassy EarlContemporary Music
Jazz legend Herbie Hancock opened our contemporary music programme, bringing an electrifying atmosphere to the Edinburgh Playhouse. After that, we headed over to Leith Theatre to see singer-songwriters such as Ezra Furman and Lucy Dacus, genre-defying artists including Ibeyi and Arooj Aftab, and virtuoso fiddlers Taraf de Caliu and Martin Hayes light up the stage.
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Ibeyi
© 2022 Credit : Jassy Earl![A woman stands on stage in front of applauding fans, holding a mic above her head and projections of blocks of flats behind her.](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Princess-Nokia-Andrew-Perry-27.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557188&s=5f937da36ef822fa1434ec5271d3c0b3)
Princess Nokia
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![A full theatre lit up by the blow of warm yellow stage lights](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Kae-Tempest_02_RyanBuchanan_018.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557212&s=1f0e2e5c1e1a7e932993978be3c78dfe)
Kae Tempest
© 2022 Credit : Ryan Buchanan![Ezra Furman plays her guitar, wearing a long purple dress, standing on stage under blue lighting and smiling.](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/EZRA-FURMAN-_RyanBuchanan_015.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557203&s=596c61fb7cc7f3a755ca4565e9478263)
Ezra Furman
© 2022 Credit : Ryan Buchanan![The view from the back of the gallery in Leith Theatre overlooking a full crowd and a DJ on stage](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Squarepusher_%C2%A9_JShurte_73.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557228&s=9738295ca151fd33b6949e9d4ee51393)
Squarepusher
© 2022 Credit : Jess ShurteRefuge
Our Refuge series, created in collaboration with the Scottish Refugee Council, featured artists who have moved to the UK from abroad and explored lived experiences of migration. Spanning theatre, dance, music, conversation and even an art installation, the programme provided a series of moving and thought-provoking moments.
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We Are Monchichi
© 2022 Credit : Jess Shurte![Five dancers in formation on stage, two with their arms curved above their head](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/A-Wee-Journey-by-Farah-Saleh-and-O-uz-Kaplang-.-Credit-Brian-Hartley3-1.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557271&s=be0670693ba739ee89b029619d7388e4)
A Wee Journey
© 2022 Credit : Brian Hartley![Two people stand on stage with mirrors on their back, with a group of people around them on chairs](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/AMBER-%C2%A9-Andrew-Perry-13.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557268&s=396b245d7e331808914028485e1e5980)
Amber
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![A man with an afro sits looking off to the side, whilst a woman next to him speak sign language](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/DetentionDialogueRehearsal-%C2%A9-Jess-Shurte-10.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557273&s=6ef7e6837e31e2be4c0bbecca4cb1d1e)
Detention Dialogues
© 2022 Credit : Jess Shurte![A woman in an orange cardigan stands in front of The Studio at Festival Theatre with an art installation in the window behind her](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/It-Will-Live-Leena-Nammari-%C2%A9-Jassy-Earl-8.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557199&s=21132937fca6a9d8207ab51b809b92b7)
Leena Nammari, It Will Live
© 2022 Credit : Jassy EarlFree events
Building on the success of our opening night, we held three more large-scale free events this year to thank the city of Edinburgh for being our home for the last 75 years, giving away over 35,000 free tickets. There was a historic, powerful concert from the newly formed Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, the immersive, technicolour Dreamachine experience and a performance of familiar and future favourites by the Philadelphia Orchestra in the Edinburgh Playhouse, broadcast live to the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens.
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Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
© 2022 Credit : Ryan Buchanan![A group of people lie back under blankets with eye masks on their foreheads](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Dreamachine_Photo-by-Andrew-Perry-8.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700556858&s=15f86606c0b8b67517b05a3351019571)
Dreamachine
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![Angel Blue standing in front of an orchestra holding her hand to her chest and smiling](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Thank-You-Edinburgh-Andrew-Perry-32.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1708613158&s=bce45d89536a81b98641bf6541a656a9)
Angel Blue and The Philadelphia Orchestra
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![An orchestra stands in front of Usher Hall holding a Scottish flag and a Ukrainian flag](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/EIF_UKRAINIAN-FREEDOM-ORCHESTRA_RyanBuchanan_015.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557205&s=0c68d6a984ceb0d38050025fb2bd3d3a)
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra
© 2022 Credit : Ryan Buchanan![A man and a woman sit at a table drawing pictures with coloured crayons](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Dreamachine_Photo-by-Andrew-Perry-3.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700556858&s=d55950b77334cac3120b827506442e91)
Dreamachine
© 2022 Credit : Andrew Perry![Yannick Nézet-Séguin standing in front of an orchestra on stage clapping towards the audience](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Thank-You-Edinburgh-Andrew-Perry-24.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557227&s=d1e4c355c10cc2b2aba26b66013324f8)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra
© 2022 Credit : Andrew PerryLearning & Engagement
This year, our residency at Leith Academy culminated in Muster Station: Leith, an immersive theatre piece that took over the school. Students were trained in theatre skills with many then taking on paid roles as part of the Front of House team, while others made a quilt which was used in the performance. They even received a visit from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
We also held dance workshops for children and adults inspired by Jungle Book reimagined around the city, encouraging participants to engage with social issues through dance. The team also created a We Are Monchichi dance workshop, in partnership with the charity SHE, as well as organising free tickets to classical music concerts for hundreds of young people through the Young Music Pass.
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Nicola Sturgeon visits Leith Academy
© 2022 Credit : Jess Shurte![A man smiles at a woman and a young girl and shows them how to hold their hands](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/We-Are-Monchichi-Workshop-%C2%A9-Jassy-Earl-14.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557235&s=c5a953a26f0650a011f5da7d4cac5aa3)
We Are Monchichi Workshop
© 2022 Credit : Jassy Earl![Nicola Sturgeon walks along a path talking to a group of Leith Academy students in Muster Station Front of House uniforms](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/FMVisitsMusterStation_%C2%A9_JShurte_045.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557202&s=105578af2d8af8216d9c51816807382e)
Nicola Sturgeon visits Leith Academy for Muster Station
© 2022 Credit : Jess Shurte![A woman in a yellow t-shirt leans forward with her hand in a paw shape, whilst three people crawl on the floor behind her](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/Jungle-Book-Workshop-%C2%A9-Jess-Shurte-18.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557206&s=520f9e6df0b8b01b8508d6b070de5041)
Jungle Book reimagined Workshop
© 2022 Credit : Jess Shurte![A woman and a little girl hold hands, with others behind them doing the same action.](https://edinburgh-festival.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/Whats-On/Event-Images/Event-Images-2022/Event-Images-2022/We-Are-Monchichi-Workshop-%C2%A9-Jassy-Earl-24.jpg?w=600&h=358&q=100&auto=format&fit=crop&dm=1700557234&s=08797f8c2dd703d388d50fbcdb9a0f69)
We Are Monchichi Workshop
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Photo: The Book of Life on Calton Hill
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