Shows at National Library of Scotland

Back to the Future 1979-1989

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Edinburgh Fringe
National Library of Scotland
1st - 24th Aug 2019

Set to an 80s soundtrack, this video installation looks back at the years 1979-1989 and marks the 40th and 30th anniversaries of some of the most important events in national and global history (from the Iranian Revolution, and the first election victory of Margaret Thatcher, to the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the invention of the World Wide Web)…

The Edinburgh Festival on Film

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Edinburgh Fringe
National Library of Scotland
13th - 25th Aug 2018

We're hosting drop-in screenings of Festival in Edinburgh (1955) and Edinburgh on Parade (1970). Watch these fascinating records of previous Edinburgh festivals from Scotland’s Moving Image Archive...

Staffa

Staffa is a work for full orchestra and large screens depicting three simultaneous visions of the uninhabited Hebridean island of Staffa created by BAFTA and Grierson award-winning filmmaker Gerry Fox and acclaimed composer Ned Bigham...

Enduring Eye

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Edinburgh Fringe
National Library of Scotland
31st Jul - 3rd Sep 2017

One of the greatest ever photographic records of human survival, Enduring Eye honours the achievements of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the men of the Endurance expedition of 1914-1917...

The Joy of Spines

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Edinburgh Fringe
National Library of Scotland
22nd - 26th Aug 2016

Right in the heart of Edinburgh are 120 miles of underground shelves that store the National Library of Scotland’s collection of 24 million things. Graeme Hawley (performance poet, slam winner and General Collections Manager at the library) presents this slide show and found poem, comprised entirely of book spines...

The Secret of the Kelpie: A Journey Round Scotland

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Edinburgh Fringe
National Library of Scotland
9th - 13th Aug 2016

Every loch in Scotland, however beautiful, has its cold, dark depths. And every loch in Scotland has its kelpie. But it's easy to forget those dangers on a sunny afternoon. Join storyteller and author Lari Don for an energetic gallop through her new book The Secret of the Kelpie...

A Boy and a Bear in a Boat

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Edinburgh Fringe
National Library of Scotland
15th - 22nd Aug 2015

A boy and a bear go to sea, equipped with a suitcase, a comic book and a ukulele. They are only travelling a short distance and it really shouldn't take long. But then their boat encounters unforeseeable anomalies...

Lifting the Lid: A History of Scottish Cooking

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Edinburgh Fringe
National Library of Scotland
3rd Aug - 6th Sep 2015

Using the Library’s rich collections of manuscript and printed recipe books, we explore Scotland’s changing relationship with food and drink over the centuries. We also have a treasures display featuring the art work of watercolourist Hugh Buchanan...

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Playing with form is a bold move, one for which Ross Macfarlane, the director of this one-man show, must be praised. His valiant production asks: why follow convention? Why pander to audiences’ expectations? Why the hell not adapt a complex detective novel for solo performance?Unfortunately for Macfarlane, his production satisfactorily answers its own questions within about fifteen minutes...

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