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WIN TICKETS TO REBECCA HUNT & CORNELIUS MEDVEI

3 FOR 2 TICKETS AT SUMMERHALL

Welcome to the Summerhall ‘Arts Laboratory’ 2011. Introducing Edinburgh’s most vibrant new Festival venue with 10 unique performance spaces and a bar named The Dissection Room, which looks like it was designed by Damien Hirst. Summerhall has transformed into the Fringe hub for alternative theatre, art, music and film. They are offering List readers an exclusive discount offer: The Summerhall Hat Trick includes a choice of 1 literary event, 1 film screening and 1 gig for the price of £12.

How it works: Just cut out this voucher and take it to: Summerhall Box Office, 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1QH The Summerhall Hat Trick (£12) will entitle you to: a ticket for an event of your choice from the These Silences Writing Festival, a ticket for a film screening from our Celluloid Trips programme and a ticket to our cinéconcert performed by FOUND.

LITERARY: These Silences Writing Festival Red Lecture Theatre, 14 Aug, 3.30pm £5 Booker shortlist nominee Tom McCarthy turns the spotlight on novelists who have overhauled and reinvented modernist developments in fiction, to bring up to the minute literary experimentation kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century. “English fiction’s new laureate of disappointment” Time Out

MUSIC: FOUND / Tokamak / Lipsync For A Lullaby Main Hall, 12 Aug, 8.00pm £10 Ten Tracks, l’Institut Français d’Écosse and Summerhall present part one of two events dedicated to the cinéconcert format the creation and performance of new soundtracks to existing films of the musicians’ choice. FOUND, Tokamak and Lipsync for a Lullaby’s styles contrast, but all of them share a creativity and intensity, which suits accompaniment to film. Influenced by the French pioneers of the cinéconcert, this concert unveils the films to which these three Scottish bands are developing live soundtracks for full cinéconcert performances later in the year. The night will feature a sneak preview of scenes from the forthcoming project, as well as straight up performances of their existing, celebrated work to live visuals. This is a gig with a difference for the Fringe’s most exciting new venue.

CINEMA: Celluloid Trips Red Lecture Theatre, 10, 14 & 17 August, 8.30pm £5 Escape the mayhem of the Fringe and let us take you on a journey to the edge of cinema. This August Summerhall presents a programme of films that embrace the weird and wonderful, featuring surreal worlds, eccentric characters and alternative road trips. A chance to explore the margins of cinema and immerse yourself in a unique cinematic universe: perfect viewing for the culturally curious.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM It is often said that those with depression can gain solace from their relationships with animals. Winston Churchill referred to his bouts of depression as his 'black dog', and in Rebecca Hunt's story the dog is made flesh in the form of a massive black hound with the power of speech. Cornelius Medvei's Caroline is a donkey whose meeting with a tired elderly man gives his life a splendidly peculiar and moving Indian summer. Meet two young authors with Dr Doolittle tendencies.

To enter, just log on to list.co.uk/offers and tell us: What did Winston Churchill refer to his bouts of depression as?

REBECCA HUNT & CORNELIUS MEDVEI AUG 29 @ 3.30PM, WRITERS RETREAT

TERMS & CONDITIONS: COMPETITION CLOSES 17 AUG 2011. THERE IS NO CASH ALTERNATIVE. USUAL LIST RULES APPLY.

2 FOR 1 TICKETS TO FOODIES FESTIVAL

Edinburgh’s annual Foodies Festival returns to Holyrood Park on August 12, 13 & 14 to celebrate the finest food, drink and culinary talent and they are offering List readers 2 for 1 tickets which means you can get two Day tickets for £15 or two Three Day tickets for £18. Visitors can watch Michelin star and top chefs cooking live, passing on culinary secrets, sample from over 100 specilaity food and drink producers and pick up exclusive ingredients.

Try masterclasses and tasting sessions including food and wine matching, chocolate tasting and cocktail mixing, with cooking for kids classes for budding young chefs. Indulge in signature dishes and sip summer cocktails whilst enjoying live music and dance from Fringe acts.

To claim your 2 tickets for the price of 1, simply quote ‘list’ when booking online at www.foodiesfestival.com

TERMS & CONDITIONS: OFFER IS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY AND IS VALID UNTIL 11 AUG 2011. THERE IS NO CASH ALTERNATIVE. USUAL LIST RULES APPLY.

www.summerhall.co.uk

TERMS & CONDITIONS: TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM SUMMERHALL BOX OFFICE. THE TICKETS IN THE OFFER ARE LIMITED AND SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. USUAL LIST RULES APPLY.

11–18 Aug 2011 THE LIST 7