Carol Marples For over 30 years, Carol Marples of the Soul Marks Trust has been professionally engaged with art as a means of spiritual exploration and discovery. Widely known for leading workshops that use the techniques of visual art to enable the expert and the inexpert to find a deeper spiritual dimension in working with matter, form and colour. In conjunction with a five day exhibition of her arresting work, Carol will guide participants in making and reflecting, bringing art and prayer together in three morning workshops. Audience participation Age category: 14+

Moonlight Following last year’s sold-out show, romantic piano pieces meet candlelit Venetian masked balls as award-winning pianist Matthew Shiel exposes the scandalous love affairs of the great composers. Features a new romance composed specially for tonight's artist by Dr Alfredo Caponnetto – Notturno VI, alongside digital animations by acclaimed Shanghai artist and Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen. An immersive musical experience designed to wind you down, find romantic inspiration and open your heart to live and to love. 'Enchanting' \*\*\*\*\* (EdinburghGuide.com). None Age category: 12+

Moonlight Award-winning pianist-conductor Matthew Shiel leads his acclaimed jazz band on a swinging, toe-tapping odyssey through blues, Berlin cabaret, ragtime and New York jazz piano improv with poignant storytelling – by candlelight. Programme includes Joplin’s The Entertainer, Brubeck’s Take Five, Gershwin’s showstopper Rhapsody in Blue and cabaret music by the Jewish composer Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942) – who was murdered by the Third Reich for the "crime" of composing jazz. 'Enchanting... amusing, enlightening stories' \*\*\*\*\* (EdinburghGuide.com). 'Artistic director Matthew Shiel shone' \*\*\*\* (ThreeWeeks). 'Ripping good yarn' \*\*\*\*\* (BingeFringe.com). None

Moonlight Following last year’s sold-out show, award-winning pianist Matthew Shiel returns to lead you towards musical enlightenment. Japanese anime Spirited Away, Ludovico Einaudi’s contemplative piano pieces and Philip Glass’s soundtrack to the Academy award-winning film The Hours meet Japanese Zen stories, alongside digital animations designed by acclaimed Shanghai artist and Disney illustrator Emma Yitong Shen. Beautiful and life-affirming music is interwoven with Japanese storytelling, inspired by the wisdom and philosophy of Zen Buddhism to create a hypnotic and profound musical experience. 'The audience was indeed spirited away... meditative' \*\*\*\*\* (EdinburghGuide.com). None

Moonlight Following their sold-out show, acclaimed novelist Alastair Sim and award-winning pianist Matthew Shiel celebrate the life of Robert Burns with a community sing-along including Loch Lomond, Skye Boat Song and Auld Lang Syne. Kilts, sporrans and a dramatic reciting of Rabbie Burns’ great Tam O'Shanter meet Scottish folk music and masterpieces inspired by the beauty of Scotland, including favourite strathspeys and reels, Farewell to Stromness and a special musical arrangement of Burns' epic ghost story Tam O’Shanter – by candlelight. 'Masters of their craft... ripping good yarn' \*\*\*\*\* (BingeFringe.com). Audience participation

Carol Marples For over thirty years, Carol Marples of Soul Marks Trust has been professionally engaged with art as a means of spiritual exploration and discovery. Widely known for leading workshops that use the techniques of visual art to enable the expert and the inexpert to find a deeper spiritual dimension in working with matter, form and colour. In addition to this five day exhibition of arresting work, Carol will guide participants in making and reflecting, bringing art and prayer together on the exhibition's theme in three morning workshops. None

Church Service Society This multimedia presentation is designed to uncover the origins, novelty, artistic content and pervasive influence of this remarkable book. Organised in conjunction with the Scottish Church Service Society, the event combines short talks and video presentations from experts, with a chance for everyone to sing. Original copies of the Psalter and other related artefacts will be on display. Audience participation

Moonlight Experimental piano-troupe performs finger-gymnastics and rarely heard music for three pianists, playing one piano together! This piano-orchestra, assembled from award-winning alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a captivating spectacle pushing the limits of what a piano can do! Programme includes a toy piano and six-hand arrangements of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Mozart’s Rondo alla Turka, Scottish folk songs and a comic performance of Sousa’s All-American Stars and Stripes Forever. 'Masters of their craft' \*\*\*\*\* (BingeFringe.com). 'Director Matthew Shiel shone' \*\*\*\* (ThreeWeeks). None

Sam Madden, tenor. Will Sims, piano Contemporary Sacred Song. Following their Sacred Arts Festival debut in 2024, Sam Madden, an international tenor from Dunedin, New Zealand, currently singing as a lay clerk at Ely Cathedral and Will Sims (piano) Director of Chapel Music at Robinson College, Cambridge return to Edinburgh with a recital of sacred song by contemporary composers. The programme includes works by Errollyn Wallen (Master of the King’s Music), Thea Musgrave, Roxanna Panufnik and the festival’s patron Paul Mealor LVO. None

Robin Chapel Choir War, peace and reconciliation. Duruflé Requiem and other choral works. Robin Chapel Choir director Paul Gudgin. Edinburgh’s Robin Chapel is a memorial to Lt Robin Tudsbury of the Royal Horse Guards, who was killed in action in the final months of World War II. The acclaimed Robin Chapel Choir mark the 80th anniversary of his death with a selection of choral works from the aftermath of the war including Duruflé’s exquisite Requiem. None

Moonlight Following last year's sold-out Fringe show, acclaimed pianist-storyteller Matthew Shiel returns with a frank and brutal account of the highs and lows of a misunderstood and undervalued profession. Having taught piano in the homes of the rich and famous of Edinburgh’s snobby upper-middle classes, Matthew Shiel shares his inspirational, amusing, peculiar and heartbreaking experiences which led to burnout. With live piano including piano student favourites Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and Mozart’s Rondo alla Turka. A must-see for those who wish to relive their music education or imagine being the other side of the music stand. 'Enlightening' \*\*\*\*\* (EdinburghGuide.com). None

ICA Company of Fools It's so boring! I don't understand it! Do we have to? Join us for a rollercoaster ride through some of Shakespeare's well (and lesser) known plays as we delve into the timeless themes and modern issues contained within their pages. A little bit comedy, a little bit tragedy, Bard Education introduces audiences to Shakespeare's greatest hits in whole new light. Spend the afternoon with us and discover the answer to every English teacher's nightmare question, why bother with Shakespeare? More information Some of Shakespeare's tragedies deal with themes of violence and death.