The festival will roll out a series of ‘artistic interventions’ across the Scottish capital in AugustA series of “artistic interventions” has been announced by the Edinburgh international festival (EIF) to take place across the Scottish capital in August. The project, entitled The Ghost Lights, will merge “spectacle, performance and participation” in a city that will be considerably quieter this summer since the cancellation of the hundreds of performances that usually take place across its festivals.In a statement, EIF said it has been exploring how “to mark the festival season in a way that will bring some joy to our community, and remind the world of the incredible experience that is the Festival City”. The project is named after the single bulbed light that shines on stage when a theatre is closed and unoccupied. “It is a symbol that, while the performance is over for now, the building will, once again, be filled with laughter, tears and applause.” Continue reading…
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