French Holiday Mini Camps

Rimbaud Patron - Photo Exhibition

We are thrilled to offer you the exceptional chance of viewing a unique ‘behind the scenes’ photography exhibition by Rimbaud Patron, Scottish Ballet’s very own dancer and photographer.

Rimbaud has been dancing with Scottish Ballet for five years now, and photographing the company from a special and engaging vantage point. These exclusive prints offer moments unseen to the audience as well as few of the most memorable and breathtaking scenes from the ballets you love.

His photographs will be shown throughout Scotland in the upcoming months. This exhibition is the result of a collaboration between Rimbaud, the French Institute and Scottish Ballet.

The photos are currently on display in the Salle Marie de Guise, located on the lower ground floor of the Institut français.

To download the exhibition poster, click here.

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Venue Hire

Remarkably located at the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, the French Institute and French Consulate General in Scotland offers fully accessible venues for cultural and private events.

For more complete details, please visit the venue hire information page on the French Consulate’s website.

Please contact the French Institute for all enquiries, including equipment, availability and reservation. Rental fees are detailed in the attached document.

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Night of Ideas

Launched by the Institut français in 2016, the NIGHT OF IDEAS is a project staged simultaneously in Paris, London, Edinburgh, and worldwide on Thursday 25 January 2018.

In partnership with Imperial College London, Kings College London and the V&A, the Institut français du Royaume-Uni has put together a thought-provoking programme of free debates exploring the latest ideas behind issues central to our times.

Crossing French, British and European perspectives, Timothy Peake, Thomas Pesquet, Ken Loach, Tracy Edwards, Posy Simmonds and Tristram Hunt are among the fifty leading experts, artists, researchers and journalists taking part in the NIGHT OF IDEAS.

Inspired by the Power to the Imagination slogan of the Paris May 1968 protests, the NIGHT OF IDEAS will engage audiences in open debates on the new futures unfolding in the cultural, artistic and scientific fields, as well as in our political and philosophical frames of discussion.

We’ll look at the major issues and aspirations of our times, from gender equality, as we are entering the centenary year of women’s suffrage in the UK, to the meaning of revolutions, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of May 1968. With a special focus on the ability of arts and sciences to change the world, we’ll reflect on the new challenges for space exploration and Artificial Intelligence and explore the blurred lines between art and science and between fiction and reality in political TV drama.

For the Night of Ideas, l'Institut français d'Ecosse will be organising its own live events and broadcasting a livestream of the talks and debates held in London. The schedule for this livestream, by theme, is as follows:

17:00 Introduction
17:30 Sharing space
19:00 Imagining Revolutions
21:15 Women shaping the world
22:45 Power politics and TV series
23:45 Conclusion

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Contacts and opening hours

Contact us

La Médiathèque
Institut français d'Ecosse
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RF
library ifecosse.org.uk

Opening Hours

> Monday to Friday: 9:30 am to 6:30 pm
> Saturday: 9:30 am - 1:00 pm

Note that the médiathèque is currently closed for the installation of bookshelves.
It should be open from Monday, January 15th.

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Theatre Sans Accents - French Theatre Workshops

Once a month, Theatre Sans Accents and the Institut français d'Ecosse bring you French theatre workshops for adults. During the three-class block, we will explore different aspects of language learning mainly orally, first by encouraging participants to speak out, dare to make mistakes and then later by focusing on vocabulary, elocution, pronunciation, emotions and characterisation through fun drama games. Join us for a two-hour return trip across the Channel “et en français s'il vous plait!”

Dates: January – March
24 January: Le Dîner de cons
21 February: Les Bronzés font du ski
21 March: Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre

Time: 6.30-8.30pm at the Institut français d'Ecosse

Prices:
IFE members: £10/class, £27 for 3 classes
IFE non-members: £12/class, £33 for3 classes

Advanced booking recommended at 0131 225 53 66 or info ifecosse.org.uk

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New year, new resolutions!

With 2018 having already started, it may be the time to enrol in a French class !

If interested, please do call us on 0131-285.630

Or find all the information about our classes HERE !

See you soon !

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Concert: Prévert, Piano & Poetry

For all Francophiles and music lovers in Scotland, the Institut français d'Ecosse invites you to attend “Prévert, Piano, & Poetry”, a performance weaving romantic threads of music and verse. Created by Alexandre Prévert, a pianist and graduate of the Conservatoire de Paris, and presented as part of St Giles’ at Six (the Cathedral’s Sunday evening music series), the Institut français d'Ecosse invites you to attend this concert and discover the talents of this young French artist!

For more information, visit St Giles’ events page and Prévert’s website.

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Turquoise Duo - a soirée of French composers

The Institut français d'écosse is kick-starting 2018 with a soirée of French music for Oboe and Piano presented by Usher Hall Emerging Artists, Turquoise Duo. Enjoy an evening of french composers (including Fauré, Poulenc, Saint Saëns) in the stunning environs of our performance space here at our new premises on West Parliament Square.

Turquoise Duo is an ensemble created in 2015 wanting to spread and explore classical music with a special focus in Cuban, European and Scottish Folklore. Daniel Hart (piano) and Clara Lafuente (oboe) were born respectively in Cuba and Spain, and met whilst studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The home countries of the players bring to the repertoire a Mediterranean and Caribbean flavour, mixed with the Scottish culture from where the group has been developing. They have played in the Aberdeen International Youth Festival as part of Live Music Now scheme, who allows them to have performance opportunities in places where people rarely have the chance to listen to live music. Having a versatile repertoire, they hope to please every kind of audience.

Date: January 18th 2018
Time: 19.00
Duration: 1hr30mins
Price: £10 (£8 concession)
Please book in advance : 0131 225 6030 or email us

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