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    "please get in touch",
    "Newly renovated Teviot Row House reopens",
    "Tickets on sale for Fringe by the Sea",
    "Magpie Books: a new pay-what-you-can book kiosk opening in Porty.",
    "One Day: The Musical takes to the Lyceum stage until 19 April",
    "Theatre company The Forth Act is closing",
    "**Book Lovers Bookshop**",
    "More details in The Bookseller",
    "this report by Tom H Wilson for Deadline News",
    "here, via @edincityoflit",
    "Brian Ferguson in The Herald",
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    "Reporting directly from this morning's launch event, here's Thom Dibdin of All Edinburgh Theatre",
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    "BBC Scotland interview with Pauline McLean",
    "**_Nicola Benedetti: 'I can't imagine Trump saying anything meaningful about art_**",
    "Nicola Benedetti: ‘I can’t imagine Trump saying anything meaningful about art’The violinist reveals that the 250th birthday of America is the theme for this year’s Edinburgh International Festival — and explains why the US president may not like itThe Sunday TimesRichard Morrison",
    "writes Jane Bradley in The Scotsman",
    "writes David Kettle in The Scotsman",
    "**Joyce McMillan on theatre**",
    "Jim Gilchrist on contemporary music",
    "The Guardian's Scotland editor Severin Carrell reports",
    "Edinburgh international festival will explore America’s creativity and cruelty, says directorAugust festival presents largest-ever jazz programme alongside full-scale operas and Scottish folk musicThe GuardianSeverin Carrell",
    "read this piece by Alex Wood of What's On Stage",
    "Edinburgh Music Review team's first thoughts here",
    "Katie Chambers, The Stage",
    "Brian Ferguson, The Herald",
    "Edinburgh International Festival faces boycott campaign by pro-Palestine activistsCampaigners say organisers have ‘refused to meaningfully engage with calls for change’ over the event’s biggest corporate backer.The HeraldBrian Ferguson",
    "The Herald's Arts Correspondent Brian Ferguson shares his picks here",
    "My pick of the Edinburgh Festival line-up as the USA comes under the spotlightShows tackling slavery, racism, homophobia and censorship will be explored throughout the cultural celebration.The HeraldBrian Ferguson",
    "**Explore the programme here**",
    "Book here",
    "Louis Theroux - Capital TheatresScotland’s largest independent theatre organisation, selecting and presenting world-class shows to entertain and inspire audiences of all ages.Capital Theatres",
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    "Tickets go on sale on Friday",
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    "Wes Banderson - The Mash HouseWes Banderson perform a selection of the original score music and deep cut needle-drops from the films of Wes Anderson. The five piece ensemble effortlessly switch between instruments as they navigate the soundtracks of Rushmore, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Moonrise Kingdom, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. […]The Mash House",
    "Scottish Opera - Tristan und Isolde",
    "Ocean in Concert",
    "RSNO Season 25-26: Gladiator in Concert",
    "Poulenc’s Gloria and Bruckner Mass in D Minor",
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    "_Vittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more_",
    "**_New Town Concerts: Piatti Quartet_**",
    "Vittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more | Sun 15th Mar 2026As seen on the internetThe Queen's Hall",
    "via Boom Edinburgh",
    "More details via The Good Egg Project",
    "The Good Egg Project events and opportunities round-up 🐣 March 9-April 12The Chicken Coop returns, sign the Trongate 103 petition, plus events & open calls for writers and writingThe Good Egg Project newsletterThe Good Egg Project",
    "All Edinburgh Theatre",
    "**tickets**",
    "**Characters of Edinburgh**",
    "**★★★★☆ Huge energy**",
    "**★★★☆☆ Insightful**",
    "Horrible Histories - The Concert - Capital TheatresScotland’s largest independent theatre organisation, selecting and presenting world-class shows to entertain and inspire audiences of all ages.Capital Theatres",
    "**Details here**",
    "**all linked here**",
    "Got something to share? Get in touch here 💌",
    "_@hot.butter.press_",
    "More info",
    "More details here, shared by TALKS AT THE LANE team.",
    "EARTHBOUND by Becky Little and Tom Morton — Custom LaneWe are delighted to welcome Becky Little and Tom Morton with Earthbound.Custom Lane",
    "More details here, shared by Fruitmarket.",
    "Where we meet land: environment and ecology in artists’ moving image - FruitmarketAn exhibition of artists’ moving image works that are concerned with where humans meet the natural environment.Fruitmarket",
    "More details here, shared by a Minute reader.",
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    "More details here, shared by Palestine Museum Scotland.",
    "More details here, shared by Edinburgh College of Art.",
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    "More details here, shared by Wendy Niblock, Independent Arts Projects.",
    "Maya and the Whale",
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    "More details here, shared by Fergus Craig.",
    "More details here, shared by Caitlin Lloyd, Edinburgh College of Art.",
    "More details here, shared by Lauren McKay, hubCAP Gallery.",
    "What Is This Space For?Scroll down to book in for an event! 25.03.26 – 31.03.26Open weekdays, 11am–4pmThe Gatehouse, Edinburgh College – Granton Campus (350 W Granton Rd, EH5 1QE) Opening Event:24.03.26 | 5pm–8pm | The G…hubCAP GalleryView all posts by hubcapgallery",
    "Fiends in the Furrows",
    "Apply here",
    "Technician - Stage & Flys - Capital TheatresThis is an opportunity to join the full-time technical staff running our premier venues.Capital Theatres",
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  "textContent": "👋 Welcome to the 122nd weekly **Culture Minute** : a round-up of Edinburgh’s local creative news, events, jobs and opportunities. If I’ve missed anything please get in touch. Thanks as always to everyone who contributes!\n\n#### **👀 The most-viewed links from last week’s Edinburgh Culture Minute:**\n\n  1. 🔓 Newly renovated Teviot Row House reopens.\n  2. 🏖️ Tickets on sale for Fringe by the Sea.\n  3. 📚 Magpie Books: a new pay-what-you-can book kiosk opening in Porty.\n  4. 🎭 One Day: The Musical takes to the Lyceum stage until 19 April.\n  5. **🎭**Theatre company The Forth Act is closing.\n\n\n\n* * *\n\n## 🗞️ News\n\n📚 The **Book Lovers Bookshop** on Melville Terrace has been named as _Scotland’s Indie Bookshop of the Year_ in the The British Book Awards, aka the 'Nibbies'. It's the UK's first brick and mortar **romance bookshop**. - More details in The Bookseller (subscription required) and paywall-free in this report by Tom H Wilson for Deadline News + there's a nice profile video of owner Caden talking about the shop here, via @edincityoflit.\n\n💰 Breaking news: '_The Edinburgh International Festival’s organisers have criticised a controversial funding freeze for Scotland’s national arts companies_ '. - Brian Ferguson in The Herald.\n\n🟨 With a theme of '_All Rise_ ' this year's **Edinburgh International Festival****** programme was launched this morning. Bringing together the largest representation of American artists since the festival first began in 1947, it aims to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence with some ambitious cultural set-pieces.\n\n  * Over 24 days in August, the EIF will feature **147 performances** , representing **44 countries** with **five world premieres** and **ten new works** commissioned by the Festival.\n  * '_This is a festival which is big on staged performance, with 11 theatre productions, four pieces of dance and two fully staged operas – carrying out festival director Nicola Benedetti’s promise not to forget the theatre strands in her festivals_.' - Reporting directly from this morning's launch event, here's Thom Dibdin of All Edinburgh Theatre.\n\nAll Rise for a little bit of politics : All Edinburgh Theatre.comThom Dibdin\n\n  * **Why America?** EIF director Nicola Benedetti, who is now in her fourth year in the role, explains the US theme in this BBC Scotland interview with Pauline McLean.\n  * But US President **Donald Trump '_may not like it_ ',** writes Igor Toronyi-Lalic in The Times:, with the headline: '**_Nicola Benedetti: 'I can't imagine Trump saying anything meaningful about art_**'.'\n\nNicola Benedetti: ‘I can’t imagine Trump saying anything meaningful about art’The violinist reveals that the 250th birthday of America is the theme for this year’s Edinburgh International Festival — and explains why the US president may not like itThe Sunday TimesRichard Morrison\n\n  * New York City's **_Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra_** will have a residency at the EIF, writes Jane Bradley in The Scotsman, who also picks out some programme highlights.\n    * The EIF’s **opera and classical music strands** offer a '_complex, contradictory vision of America in all its messy glory_ ', writes David Kettle in The Scotsman.\n    * EIF 2026 first look: **Joyce McMillan on theatre**.\n    * EIF 2026 first look: Jim Gilchrist on contemporary music.\n  * 🎺 The August festival also has its **largest-ever jazz programme** alongside full-scale operas and Scottish folk music. - The Guardian's Scotland editor Severin Carrell reports.\n\nEdinburgh international festival will explore America’s creativity and cruelty, says directorAugust festival presents largest-ever jazz programme alongside full-scale operas and Scottish folk musicThe GuardianSeverin Carrell\n\n  * If you're looking for a more general overview of all the EIF genres, read this piece by Alex Wood of What's On Stage.\n    * Or **dive deeper** into the programme's themes with the Edinburgh Music Review team's first thoughts here.\n  * '_Edinburgh International Festival to continue**Baillie Gifford** partnership_' - Katie Chambers, The Stage.\n  * '_Pro-Palestine activists call for Edinburgh International Festival**boycott**_ ' - Brian Ferguson, The Herald.\n\nEdinburgh International Festival faces boycott campaign by pro-Palestine activistsCampaigners say organisers have ‘refused to meaningfully engage with calls for change’ over the event’s biggest corporate backer.The HeraldBrian Ferguson\n\n📆 With nearly **150 performances** this year, the programme can feel a bit overwhelming. The Herald's Arts Correspondent Brian Ferguson shares his picks here, including details of the **opening concert** at the Usher Hall.\n\nMy pick of the Edinburgh Festival line-up as the USA comes under the spotlightShows tackling slavery, racism, homophobia and censorship will be explored throughout the cultural celebration.The HeraldBrian Ferguson\n\n> The Edinburgh International Festival runs between 7 - 30 August and tickets go on general sale on Thursday 26 March, with tickets available to members and supporters from Thursday 19 March. - **Explore the programme here**.\n\n* * *\n\n## **🎟️ Big tickets this week**\n\n**🤔 Louis Theroux at the Festival Theatre:** One of Britain’s most distinctive documentary makers**,** Louis Theroux has announced a 90-minute live event at the **Festival Theatre** on Friday 22 May. Tickets went on sale this morning and as of the time of publication there are still some left but I am told they're going quickly. - Book here.\n\nLouis Theroux - Capital TheatresScotland’s largest independent theatre organisation, selecting and presenting world-class shows to entertain and inspire audiences of all ages.Capital Theatres\n\n🎸 **_The Maccabees_** have announced a gig at the Corn Exchange on Monday 6 July. - Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday.\n\n🎤 **Alison Moyet** has announced a concert at the Usher Hall on 26 October, performing songs of _Yazoo_ and more. - Tickets go on sale on Friday.\n\n🪩 90s ravers ** _EMF_** play The Caves on Thursday 12 March. - Tickets here.\n\n🍉 There's a **_Harry Styles Album Release Party_** at La Belle Angele on Friday. - Tickets.\n\n🎧 **_Jitwam_** has a DJ set at Sneaky Pete's on Sunday from 6pm. - Tickets via RA.\n\n🍿 London-based five piece ensemble **_Wes Banderson_** perform a selection of the original score music and deep cut needle-drops from the films of **Wes Anderson** at the Mash House on 28 March.\n\nWes Banderson - The Mash HouseWes Banderson perform a selection of the original score music and deep cut needle-drops from the films of Wes Anderson. The five piece ensemble effortlessly switch between instruments as they navigate the soundtracks of Rushmore, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Moonrise Kingdom, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. […]The Mash House\n\n🎵 This week at **The Usher Hall** : Wednesday 11th: Scottish Opera - Tristan und Isolde, Thursday 12th: Ocean in Concert, Friday 13th: RSNO Season 25-26: Gladiator in Concert, Sunday 15th: Poulenc’s Gloria and Bruckner Mass in D Minor + Monday 16th: Love Music Community & Junior Choirs concert.\n\n🎤 Performing at **The Queen's Hall** this week: Thursday 12th: **_The Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam_**, Friday 13th: **_Tom Davis: Spudgun_**, Sunday 15th: _Vittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more_ + Monday 16th: **_New Town Concerts: Piatti Quartet_**.\n\nVittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more | Sun 15th Mar 2026As seen on the internetThe Queen's Hall\n\n📆 Find **more comedy** listings via Boom Edinburgh.\n\n✍️ If you're looking for a supportive environment to **write, meet other writers and (optionally) share your work** , _The Chicken Coop Writing Group_ is back from 31 March at Lost in Leith. - More details via The Good Egg Project.\n\nThe Good Egg Project events and opportunities round-up 🐣 March 9-April 12The Chicken Coop returns, sign the Trongate 103 petition, plus events & open calls for writers and writingThe Good Egg Project newsletterThe Good Egg Project\n\n* * *\n\n## **🎭 What's on Edinburgh's stages this week?**\n\nHere's Thom Dibdin of All Edinburgh Theatre:\n\n**It's a busy old week this, with comedy, kids, several musicals, slow theatre and the most Edinburgh of Edinburgh community theatre shows, all on offer.**\n\nThat most Edinburgh of shows first.  _**Characters of Edinburgh: Platformed** _at Out of the Blue (Thu-Sat: **tickets**), sees a host of characters ask \"who best represents Edinburgh\" in Active Inquiry's devised piece, scripted by Duncan Kidd.\n\n> '**Characters of Edinburgh** is a community festival that invites us to imagine the Edinburgh we want to live in and how we want our city to be represented to the world.'\n\nBig musicals wise, there is the much anticipated opening of ** _One Day - The Musical_** which has its press night tonight at the Lyceum (ends Sun 19 Apr: **tickets**) and the continuation of the \"**★★★★☆ Huge energy**\"**Matilda The Musical** at the Playhouse (ends Sat 22: **tickets**).\n\nSmall musicals wise, the compelling piece of narrative gig theatre: ** _A Giant on the Bridge_** is at the Studio (Fri/Sat: **tickets**). Æ said \"**★★★☆☆ Insightful**\" of its 2024 outing.\n\n**_A Grain of Sand_** from Good Chance at the Traverse (ends Thurs: **tickets**) sees a young Gazan girl search for her family and the ‘Anqaa’ – the mythical Palestinian Phoenix.\n\nYou want comedy to take your mind of it all? What better than ** _The Importance of Being Earnest_** , from the EUTC at the Bedlam (ends Sun: **tickets**). Or, for the kids (borrow a brace, if you have to), ** _Horrible Histories The Concert_** at the Festival Theatre (Fri-Sun: **tickets**).\n\nHorrible Histories - The Concert - Capital TheatresScotland’s largest independent theatre organisation, selecting and presenting world-class shows to entertain and inspire audiences of all ages.Capital Theatres\n\nAnd finally a couple of hot tips at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Hazel Darwin-Clements has her ** _Maya and the Whale_**(Sat: **tickets**) about a young climate activist. And Iddo Oberski returns with ** _Balancing in Freedom_** (Sun: **tickets**) his slow-theatre journey through history and personal disability.\n\nOh, and if you missed out on the current season of lunchtime theatre at the Traverse, ** _A Play, A Pie and A Pint_** has a wee summer season at the Roxy. **Details here**.\n\nAs always, for these and details of all forthcoming shows (including the EIF launched this morning), check Æ's listings pages, **all linked here**.\n\n* * *\n\n## 📌 **Edinburgh Culture Minute Community Noticeboard**\n\nGot something to share? Get in touch here 💌\n\n**✍️ Hot Butter Press - A new quarterly art zine** - _Artists Miriam Morris and Sarah Davidson (Ghost Bros) are publishing a new quarterly riso art zine, printed at Typewrongers, Edinburgh. Filled with new writing, new art and open call opportunities. Follow HBP on insta:__@hot.butter.press_ _for more news_ - More info.\n\n**🖼 Custom Lane exhibition: EARTHBOUND by Becky Little and Tom Morton (free)** [Daily]\n**Tomorrow, Thu 12 March** - _We are delighted to welcome Becky Little and Tom Morton with Earthbound. This exhibition presents an exploration of the clay earths that were deposited on Orkney during the last Ice Age and were used in traditional craft and construction._\n9am to 5pm | Custom Lane, EH6 6AL | FREE - More details here, shared by TALKS AT THE LANE team.\n\nEARTHBOUND by Becky Little and Tom Morton — Custom LaneWe are delighted to welcome Becky Little and Tom Morton with Earthbound.Custom Lane\n\n**🎥 Where we meet land: environment and ecology in artists' moving image** [Daily]\n_Bringing together seven recent moving image works from across the UK, Where we meet land creates space for thinking about our relationship with the natural world, taking us from urban green spaces to more remote, apparently wilder places._\n11am to 6pm | Fruitmarket, EH1 1DF | Free - More details here, shared by Fruitmarket.\n\nWhere we meet land: environment and ecology in artists’ moving image - FruitmarketAn exhibition of artists’ moving image works that are concerned with where humans meet the natural environment.Fruitmarket\n\n**🎨 COND CONT'D [Conditions Continued] a solo art exhibition.** [Weekly]\n**Tomorrow, Thu 12 March** - _I am Maro - an abstract artist. I've made a body of work titled COND. CONT'D. [Conditions Continued]. Official launch night is Thursday 12th March from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at Leith Makers. Don't be shy, come see some art._\n11am to 5.30pm | Leith Makers, EH6 8NP | FREE - More details here, shared by a Minute reader.\n\nleithmakers.co.ukEdinburgh art gallery studiosleithmakers.co.uk\n\n**🗣️ Something About Living - Poetry event (free!)\nTomorrow, Thu 12 March** - _Join us for the Edinburgh launch of Palestinian poet, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's new poetry collection Something About Living featuring a live reading from the poet, a conversation with Zain Rishi, and an audience Q & A._\n7pm to 8.30pm | Palestine Museum Scotland, EH3 6QG | FREE - More details here, shared by Palestine Museum Scotland.\n\n**✍️ The People's Story Museum Retold** [Daily]\n**Fri 13 March** - _An exhibition retelling working class histories and stories in Edinburgh_\n10am to 4.30pm | The People's Story Museum, EH8 8BN | FREE - More details here, shared by Edinburgh College of Art.\n\n@peoples.story.retold on Instagram.\n\n**🐋 Maya and The Whale by Hazel Darwin-Clements\nSat 14 March** - _The story of a young climate activist on the run who finds herself face-to-face with a beached whale. Bold, imaginative and moving, it blends storytelling and music to explore tensions between family, activism and a changing world. Sat 14 Mar._\n7pm to 8.30pm | Scottish Storytelling Centre, EH1 1SR | £10-£12 - More details here, shared by Wendy Niblock, Independent Arts Projects.\n\nMaya and the Whale by Hazel Darwin-Clements, photographed by Mihaela Bodlovic.\n\n**🎭 Balancing in Freedom\nSun 15 March** - _Drawing on his family's Holocaust history, his own experience of disability, and Rudolf Steiner's philosophy, Iddo Oberski (with the help of his puppet, Svjetlana) fuses storytelling, visual art, music, spoken word, and magic into a living artwork._\n2pm to 3.30pm | Scottish Storytelling Centre, EH1 1SR | £12, £10 concessions - More details here, shared by Fergus Craig.\n\n**🎶 Poulenc's Gloria and Bruckner Mass in D Minor\nSun 15 March** - _The Edinburgh Royal Choral Union and the Brussels Choral Society join forces with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, conducted by Michael Bawtree in a vivacious performance of Francis Poulenc's Gloria, alongside Bruckner's magnificent Mass in D minor._\n3pm to 4.30pm | The Usher Hall, EH1 2EA - More details here, shared by a Minute reader.\n\n**🎨 Unveiled at Lauriston Castle** [Weekly]\n**Fri 20 March** - _Tours for 'Unveiled' Exhibition, with 16 students from Edinburgh College of Art responding to the unique site of Lauriston Castle. Not to be missed!_\n11am to 12pm | Lauriston Castle, EH4 6AD | FREE - More details here, shared by Caitlin Lloyd, Edinburgh College of Art.\n\n**🧵 What Is This Space For?** [Daily]\n**Wed 25 March** - _No ordinary exhibition! hubCAP (Edinburgh College's student-run gallery) turns The Gatehouse Gallery in the heart of North Edinburgh into a community living room. Free workshops in zine-making, mending & more. Visit our website to find out more!_\n11am to 4pm | The Gatehouse - Edinburgh College | FREE - More details here, shared by Lauren McKay, hubCAP Gallery.\n\nWhat Is This Space For?Scroll down to book in for an event! 25.03.26 – 31.03.26Open weekdays, 11am–4pmThe Gatehouse, Edinburgh College – Granton Campus (350 W Granton Rd, EH5 1QE) Opening Event:24.03.26 | 5pm–8pm | The G…hubCAP GalleryView all posts by hubcapgallery\n\n**🎥 Fiends in the Furrows - New Film Festival Celebrates Folk Horror** - _Fiends in the Furrows comes to locations around Leith from April 23 - 26. Highlights include open air screenings of The Wicker Man, Watership Down and Rose of Nevada. The festival is a collaboration between**Cinetopia** and**Leith Kino.******_ - Fiends in the Furrows.\n\n**🎭 JOB: Capital Theatres:_Technician (Stage & Flys)_** - _Join the full-time technical staff running our premier venues, supporting the Stage team in providing technical facilities to visiting productions and working with the team on ongoing and future maintenance and improvement projects (Salary: £39’054)_ - Thanks to Imogen for sharing this. Apply here.\n\nTechnician - Stage & Flys - Capital TheatresThis is an opportunity to join the full-time technical staff running our premier venues.Capital Theatres\n\n* * *\n\nSubscribe or upgrade here\n\n### 🤝 Below the paywall are this week’s local creative jobs and opportunities, including a rare £100,000 salary cultural leadership role. 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