The Edinburgh Reporter December 18
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12 GENERAL WHAT’S NEWS ON<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Edinburgh</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong>atre | Art | Music | Shows | Festivals<br />
Christmas<br />
Events<br />
30 Nov-2 Dec<br />
Coburg House Open Studios 15<br />
Coburg St EH6 6ET Work by artists,<br />
printmakers, textile designers,<br />
ceramicists and jewellers. This<br />
is a great opportunity to pick up<br />
some unique hand crafted pieces.<br />
Four floors of studios to explore.<br />
Pop up café by Cafe Domenico<br />
throughout the weekend.<br />
1 Dec 12.00-<strong>18</strong>.00<br />
Christmas Open Studios at Out<br />
of the Blue Abbeyhill Studios 2<br />
Easter Rd EH7 5AN Have a cup<br />
of tea and explore the creative<br />
spaces and meet the makers.<br />
Artists will have a range of<br />
hand-made items for sale.<br />
1 Dec 12.00-15.00<br />
At the Botanics Cottage St<br />
Andrew's Fair Saturday : <strong>The</strong><br />
Royal Botanic Gardens offers<br />
visitors a chance to get into the<br />
Christmas spirit with an afternoon<br />
of crafts and Christmas carols.<br />
Free entry, although donations are<br />
encouraged. Proceeds go to local<br />
charity Cyrenians.<br />
1 &2 Dec<br />
Jupiter Artland’s Christmas<br />
Fair Jupiter Artland Bonnington<br />
House Steadings, Wilkieston EH27<br />
8BY Tickets from the website<br />
jupiterartland.org Magic winter<br />
wonderland with boutique craft<br />
stalls, mulled wine and seasonal<br />
street food. Christmas tree yard<br />
and festive donkeys.<br />
1, 8 and 15 Dec<br />
XMAS Arts Market at <strong>The</strong> Out of<br />
the Blue Drill Hall 36 Dalmeny St<br />
EH6 8RG Three Saturdays before<br />
Christmas to enjoy bruncheon<br />
along with the opportunity to buy<br />
some arts and crafts direct from<br />
the 150+ artists. Live music from<br />
11.30am to 2.30pm £1.50 entry fee.<br />
6 Dec from <strong>18</strong>.30 to 20.30<br />
Porty Street Fest will take place<br />
on Portobello High Street. Hosted<br />
by Porty Events you are promised<br />
lights, Santa with his sleigh<br />
shopping deals and seasonal fun.<br />
7 Dec 16.00 to 19.00<br />
A Christmas Fairy Trail at<br />
Archerfield Walled Garden<br />
Dirleton EH39 5HQ Enter the fairy<br />
trail and get lost in the world of<br />
folklore. Surprises round every<br />
corner.<strong>The</strong>re will be fire performers,<br />
lighting and projection<br />
installations and an immersive<br />
theatrical experience.<br />
7-8 Dec from 19.00 to 22.00<br />
Hidden Door Art Sale Fundraiser<br />
at Skylight 179 Canongate EH8<br />
8RN Free entry. Music mulled<br />
wine and art work from £50 up.<br />
An epic art sale with hundreds<br />
of pieces from those who have<br />
contributed in the past to the<br />
successful Hidden Door Festivals.<br />
8 Dec from 10.00 to <strong>18</strong>.30<br />
GLOW at Dovecot 10 Infirmary St<br />
EH1 1LT New and unique opportunity<br />
to buy from contemporary<br />
Scottish designers. Curated by<br />
James Donald, creator of the<br />
EDINBURGH’S CHRISTMAS<br />
George Street and surrounds<br />
Silent Light Underbelly has<br />
invited the team behind the<br />
Fringe 20<strong>18</strong> hit, Silent Adventures,<br />
to collaborate with<br />
<strong>Edinburgh</strong>’s Christmas on a<br />
unique outdoor event for people<br />
of all ages to enjoy. Combining<br />
the 2016 Street of Light with<br />
a silent street party, Silent<br />
Light you dance under three<br />
archways with headphones<br />
playing the music directly<br />
to you. (Santa’s Sparkles for<br />
families, Christmas Crackersfavourite<br />
festive tunes and<br />
Disco Delights for the party<br />
crowd), Book a time between<br />
4.45pm and 10pm, (20<br />
mins) 50p from every ticket<br />
for One City Trust 26,000 free<br />
tickets for over 50 <strong>Edinburgh</strong><br />
charities.<br />
St Andrew’s Fair Saturday mass<br />
celebration of arts and culture<br />
while supporting social<br />
causes. Scotland will be the<br />
first country to celebrate it<br />
as a nationwide festival. St<br />
Andrew’s Fair Saturday on<br />
1 Dec.<br />
Ice Rink, the frozen heart of<br />
<strong>Edinburgh</strong>’s Christmas wraps<br />
around the Rekorderlig Cider<br />
Lodge in St Andrew Square,<br />
offering hot chocolate or hot<br />
cider!<br />
Castle Street becomes the new<br />
home to Santa’s Grotto.Traditional<br />
children’s rides as well as<br />
food and drinks stalls offering<br />
tasty treats.<br />
<strong>The</strong> annual outdoor Nativity<br />
Carol Concert - 2 <strong>December</strong> in<br />
St Andrew Square.<br />
East Princes Street Gardens<br />
Princes Street Gardens’<br />
Christmas Market - voted best<br />
Christmas market in the UK<br />
last year in a McCarthy & Stone<br />
survey offers a wide range of local<br />
and homemade gifts as well as<br />
mouth-watering delicacies.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Christmas Market also<br />
features a variety of rides and<br />
attractions for all the family<br />
including the Forth 1 Big Wheel<br />
and the almost 60m high Star<br />
Flyer, both offering a different<br />
view on the city. Santa Land is<br />
back, transforming Lower East<br />
Princes Street Gardens into a<br />
magical place for families or get<br />
lost in the enchanted Christmas<br />
Tree Maze<br />
Johnnie Walker continue their<br />
support of <strong>Edinburgh</strong>’s winter<br />
festivals with the Johnnie Walker<br />
Bothy Bar on <strong>The</strong> Mound.<br />
Around the city<br />
Winter Windows will be<br />
displayed in West Parliament<br />
Square outside St Giles and in<br />
four other locations around<br />
<strong>Edinburgh</strong>: Great Michael Rise in<br />
Newhaven, Ratho’s North Street,<br />
Royston Wardieburn Community<br />
Centre in Pilton and St Patrick<br />
Square just off Clerk Street. Each<br />
stained-glass window is designed<br />
around the theme of kindness.<br />
An opportunity to discover an<br />
exciting new place each day,<br />
24 Doors of Advent is a real-life<br />
advent calendar taking audiences<br />
through a different door every<br />
day throughout <strong>December</strong> as<br />
<strong>Edinburgh</strong> offers access to the<br />
unique buildings in the city.<br />
Festival Square Spiegeltent<br />
La Clique Noel returns home for<br />
Christmas with a new seasonal<br />
spectacular, La Clique Noel - Part<br />
Deux with a reimagined line<br />
up including the astounding<br />
fire-eater and sword-swallower<br />
Heather Holliday, aerialist<br />
Stephen Williams with his<br />
famous bath act, hair-dangling<br />
Fancy Chance, magic and<br />
comedy master Albert Cadabra<br />
and mistress of mayhem,<br />
host Bernie Dieter who took<br />
<strong>Edinburgh</strong> Fringe 20<strong>18</strong> by<br />
storm as Little Death Club’s<br />
MC.<br />
You Choose, a brand new<br />
interactive musical show for<br />
people of all ages to enjoy.<br />
Based on the brilliant book<br />
by Pippa Goodhart and Nick<br />
Sharratt, the show comes<br />
from Nonsense Room Productions<br />
whose Shark in the Park<br />
wowed <strong>Edinburgh</strong>-based and<br />
visiting families in 2017. But<br />
in this show you choose what<br />
happens…<br />
Baby Loves Disco returns to<br />
<strong>Edinburgh</strong>’s Christmas with<br />
only 3 dates with Christmas<br />
Cheer(9, 22 and 23 <strong>December</strong>).<br />
With its unique day-clubbing<br />
experience for parents with<br />
babies, toddlers and young<br />
children Baby Loves Disco is a<br />
perfect Christmas treat!<br />
Christmas on Stage, brings<br />
together the ultimate guide to<br />
festive on-stage entertainment<br />
in <strong>Edinburgh</strong>. It is back with a<br />
dazzling new line-up of shows<br />
including La Clique Noel Part<br />
Deux and You Choose, and<br />
also Mouthpiece, McGonagall’s<br />
Chronicles and <strong>The</strong> Gospel at<br />
the Traverse <strong>The</strong>atre, Royal<br />
Lyceum <strong>The</strong>atre’s PeterPan,<br />
Doris Day Show at the Gilded<br />
Balloon, <strong>The</strong> Mother at the<br />
Pleasance and Kinky Boots at<br />
the Playhouse.<br />
All <strong>Edinburgh</strong>’s Christmas<br />
tickets are on sale now on<br />
www.edinburghschristmas.<br />
com and T: 0844 545 8252.<br />
If you have an EH postcode<br />
you will get 20% discount on<br />
selected rides.<br />
CLOTH#<strong>18</strong> makers fair in August<br />
20<strong>18</strong>. This is a design led fair<br />
curating Scottish fashion and<br />
gift choices like ceramics and<br />
jewellery.<br />
8-9 Dec 10.30-17.00<br />
3D2D Christmas Craft, Art &<br />
Design Fair 54 George St. This<br />
exciting event offers you the<br />
chance to buy directly from over<br />
100 of Scotland's leading artists.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be a diverse collection<br />
of art on display helping you to<br />
find the perfect Christmas present<br />
or something for yourselves.<br />
£3.00 for concessions and £4.00<br />
for adults.<br />
9 Dec 11.00- 17.00<br />
Summerhall Christmas Market<br />
at 1 Summerhall, EH9 1PL This<br />
Christmas Market will have loads<br />
of local businesses selling unique<br />
gifts with food and drink aplenty<br />
in the courtyard. And of course<br />
there will be music! And Garlands<br />
Florist will run a festive wreath<br />
workshop. Porcelain painting<br />
with the Teapot Trust, Scotland’s<br />
Children’s Art <strong>The</strong>rapy charity<br />
will keep children and adults<br />
occupied. £2 entry fee.<br />
13 Dec 10:00 – 13:00<br />
Older Adults Event – Christmas<br />
Coffee Morning – Royal Commonwealth<br />
Pool (Free) Open to<br />
members and non-members,<br />
the event is aimed at 55 years<br />
plus. Join in the Festive Ceilidh<br />
(10:30-11:15), take part in Aqua<br />
fit (booking recommended) or<br />
try your luck in the Christmas<br />
quiz. A great opportunity to meet<br />
friends old and new. Book via<br />
phone, email or in person at the<br />
Commie Pool.<br />
www.edinburghleisure.co.uk<br />
15 Dec<br />
AMP <strong>Edinburgh</strong> : Annie Mac<br />
Melé and Marquis Hawkes at Leith<br />
<strong>The</strong>atre 28-30 Ferry Rd EH6 4AE<br />
Music - just music that’s all! Dance<br />
your socks off.<br />
15 and 16 Dec from 11.00am<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pitt’s Christmas Market<br />
Extravaganza at <strong>The</strong> Biscuit<br />
Factory 4-6 Anderson Pl EH6<br />
5NP <strong>The</strong> Pitt will be downstairs<br />
and out in the street with the<br />
best of festive fun food and<br />
drinks Upstairs there will be the<br />
biggest market yet hosted by <strong>The</strong><br />
Food and Flea Market with local<br />
traders.<br />
16 Dec 4.00pm<br />
Carol Singing in the Colonies<br />
Meet at the footbridge at the river<br />
end of Bell Place or join in as the<br />
carollers stroll around the Stockbridge<br />
Colonies. Carol sheets will<br />
be provided but bring your own<br />
torch!<br />
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