Edinburgh International Festival - Hot Shows For 09 & Try Before You Buy
By Edinburgh International Festival 21st Apr 2009

Since our box office opened on 4 April we've had a record number of online bookings with over 60% of ticket purchases made through our website at eif.co.uk. Already a number of events have sold out and many have only a limited number of tickets remaining. There are still lots of opportunities to experience Festival 09 but if you haven't got around to planning your festival we recommend purchasing your tickets sooner rather than later!

The full updated list of sold out and limited ticket availability performances can be found on the Festival Insider blog at eif.co.uk/blog.


Try before you buy


St Kilda - Island of the Birdmen. Photo: Christian Mathieu. 

If you're not sure which Festival events to book for or would like a taster of what's in store before you purchase tickets, why not explore the Multimedia galleries on our website?

You can watch short video clips from performers in our music programme including Philharmonia Orchestra and Tenebrae; opera including St Kilda and Actus tragicus and theatre shows such as Peter and Wendy.

There are also audio tracks provided by our friends at Passionato for most of our music performances, for instance Sir Willard White, Ivo Pogorelich, European Union Baroque Orchestra, Made in Scotland and many more.

While you're at it, why not browse some event image galleries for productions such as Faust, Diaspora, The Return of Ulysses or Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria.

We'll be adding more multimedia to our site over the coming weeks so stay tuned.


Casting update

The Yalta Game. Photo: Trent O'Donnell.

Castings for two of the three Brian Friel plays from Gate Theatre Dublin are now confirmed.

The cast of The Yalta Game will be Risteard Cooper playing Gurov and Rebecca O'Mara playing Anna. They join Gate Theatre's celebrations of the works of Brian Friel alongside the Faith Healer cast: Ingrid Craigie as Grace, Kim Durham as Teddy and Owen Roe as Frank. The cast of the third play in the Gate | Friel series, Afterplay, will be announced shortly.

We'll keep you updated on further castings as they are confirmed.


Connect with us online

In only a few weeks over 1000 Festival fans and followers have become a part of our social networking sites. If you haven't already joined, what are you waiting for? Become a part of our online community to stay up-to-date on Festival news, reviews and discussions plus join in and have the chance to win prizes including Festival tickets and merchandise.

Contribute to one of our social networks with a comment, post, message or tweet before the end of April and you'll go in the draw to win one of three Festival goodie bags. Winners will be contacted directly.

To check out our social networks, click here.

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