Arcadia Scotland
Edinburgh Happenings: April 2015
Date
April 1, 2015Art and Culture
Game Masters: Through 20 April, National Museum of Scotland
Massive touring exhibition celebrating the varied history of computer gaming. With more than 125 playable games to work your way through, get stuck into arcade games, physical games (thinkDance Battle et al), consoles, PCs and many more. On top of this, there's also displays of concept art, interactive displays and in-depth interviews with game designers.
RSA New Contemporaries: Throughout April, Royal Scottish Academy
The RSA's annual show of work by 72 graduates from the 2014 degree shows in art schools around the country, one of the art calendar's most important showcases for emerging talent.
Hedda Gabler: Through 11 April, Royal Lyceum, 2pm or 7:30pm
A new version of Henrik Ibsen's famous play Hedda Gabler from Richard Eyre, which has been directed by Amanda Gaughan. Hedda's life looks respectable enough – she has a distinguished father, a reputable husband and a good home. In order to inject some excitement into her life, she finds that she must look to the lives of others.
ARTIST ROOMS: Roy Lichtenstein: Throughout April, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 1
A three-room display of the work of Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), the man who made Ben-Day dots into his signature style. This display brings together for the first time works by the wittiest of the pop artists.
Fully Fashioned: The Pringle of Scotland Story: Beginning 10 April, National Museum of Scotland
An exhibition exploring the central role Pringle has played in the production and design of knitwear in Scotland and around the world.
Georgia Horgan: Machine Room: Collective Gallery, Through 19 April
Writing, images and artifacts related to the proliferation of the textile industry in Scotland and how it affected witch hunting in the seventeenth century.
Music, Comedy and Dance
Edinburgh College Sonic Boom: 31 March, Studio 24, 7pm
Student bands in concert.
Anna Massey and Mairearad Green: 1 April, Edinburgh Folk Club, 8pm
Leading young Scots duo with multi-instrumentalist Massie and border pipes from Mairearad Green.
University Wind Band: 3 April, Reid Concert Hall, 7:30pm
Conducted by Morvern Bel.
Cirque Eloize: Cirkopolis: 1-4 April, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 2:30 or 7:30pm
Twelve acrobats and multidisciplinary artists present an uninterrupted stream of acrobatics, music, images and drawings accompanied by an original musical score and video projections.
Ceilidh at the Counting House: 24 April, Counting House, 8pm
The Annasach Ceilidh Band provide the live music at this ceilidh dance with a caller.
Northern Streams: 24 and 25 April, Grassmarket Community Project,
A celebration of Nordic and British traditional music, song and dance bringing together top and emerging artists from Scandinavia, Scotland and beyond to Edinburgh on an annual basis. This year's programme includes Oleman, Fjärin and Simon Chadwick.
Lectures, Sports and Local Festivals
Winter Astronomy Evenings: 3, 10, 17, 24 April, Royal Observatory,6:30pm and 8pm
Find out about the history of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh and discover more about the night sky. Booking is essential.
Science Festival Lates: 2 April, City Art Centre, 7:30pm
Fancy embarking on a Jungle Safari? Or having a go at keyhole surgery in A&E? Science Festival Lates is just the ticket as we turn our flagship children's venue over to adults for one very special night. Celebrate the opening of the 2015 Festival with us as we clock in at The Ideas Factory - we've got eyeballs and brains, crime scenes and circuits, robots and slime all mixed in with music, bars and fun. Don't miss the chance to get hands-on and get your geek on; grab a drink and join the party! Ages 18+