FESTIVAL TRIVIA QUIZ #7… FESTIVAL TRIVIA QUIZ #8…
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From which bit of the Castle is the One O’Clock gun fired? How long is the Royal Mile?
[a] The Long Stairs [b] The Argyle Battery [a] 1 mile [b] 1 mile, 107 yards
[c] Mill’s Mount Battery [d] The Half Moon Battery [c] 1 1/2 miles [d] 2 miles
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MEET THE DIRECTORS
a new direction,
jonathan mills
shows ‘The Bacchae’, ‘Tiger Lillies’ and
‘Scottish Ballet’.
ONE OF THE most exciting things of the wider Edinburgh Festival. And ultimately is not, though some of the or one of our plays. Go and see one also come and see our production of
about the Edinburgh Festival 2007 is Mills is very much aware that his festival, bigger Fringe venues do programme in a of [Film Festival director] Hannah’s ‘The Bacchae’. There are just obvious
surely the arrival of new directors at while a large entity in its own right, not altogether dissimilar way to what we movies, one of [Book Festival director] parallels there with this new production
nearly all of the festival organisations. is part of the wider beast that is the do, so the distinctions people sometimes Catherine’s authors. What is great about of our’s. Except our production is much
The Fringe Society, Film Festival, Edinburgh Festival. make between the festivals are not the Edinburgh Festival is that we all bigger”.
Military Tattoo and International Festival always true”. programme in isolation to our own
all have new directors this year, and, “The different festivals that take place themes and remits, and yet across it all The exciting thing about meeting
without wishing to dismiss the many in August complement each other It is with that in mind that Mills is keen there are cultural journeys an audience Mills for the first time is everything he
achievements of their predecessors, so really well – and all benefit from one to continue moves made in the last few member can take that will take in events says slots neatly into the ThreeWeeks
many new faces around the Festival all at another”, he says. “We have very definite years by the recently departed directors and productions in different festivals”. philosophy – of treating the Edinburgh
the same time, has really given the whole and different remits, though it can to ensure the festivals work in a more Festival of a whole, and picking shows
thing a bounce in its step – if a Festival sometimes be hard to accurately describe integrated fashion. Though, while there Given that Mills can be assured that the from across the genres and festivals,
can have a step. Or a bounce. where the lines between each festival is a bureaucratic dimension to that closer loyal International Festival audience will from the very big to the very small, from
should be drawn. Especially between the relationship, based primarily round fill many of the seats of the theatres the very modern and mainstream to
The new director at the International International Festival and the Fringe. the recently established ‘Edinburgh and concert halls run by his festival, the traditional and avante garde. Mills is
Festival is Jonathan Mills – a totally Some might say the International festivals committee’, Mills is more he is hugely passionate about the a passionate and compelling advocate
different character from his predecessor Festival is more traditional and the enthusiastic about audience members Fringe audience taking in some of the of that approach, which makes him
Brian McMaster – and a man seemingly Fringe more innovative, but there’s some moving between the festivals. “If I had programme he has curated. “If you liked the ideal candidate to run Edinburgh’s
in his element in his new job, as the really edgy stuff in our programme this one message for your readers it would ‘Blackwatch’ at the Fringe last year” he flagship programmed festival.
person in charge of putting together year, and you’ll find lots of traditional be this: if you are here for the Fringe, enthuses, “then you must come and see
the commissioned and invited artistic theatre in the Fringe. Of course our do make the effort to sample the other our production of ‘The Bacchae’. And if Words: Chris Cooke [cc]
programme that is arguably at the heart festival is programmed and the Fringe festivals. Come to one of our concerts, you like modern British film, you must
Pictured: Jonathan Mills, plus
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