St Andrew's and St George's West Edinburgh at Festival Time by Alison Bruce

St Andrew’s and St George’s West at Festival Time

programme of events 6 - 24 August 2012

amazing music – books – conversation

Welcome to St Andrew’s & St George’s West at Festival Time 2012 Welcome to our programme for 2012. With our George Street building being closed for refurbishment, we will be running our music programme with many regulars and some newcomers in the Royal Overseas League building at 100 Princes Street and at St Cuthbert’s Parish Church in Lothian Road. Both are established Fringe venues not too far from our usual home in George Street. Both have good public transport links and disabled access. We will also be running a couple events on the Fringe of the Book Festival at Andrew’s and St George’s West (Shandwick Place Building) at 58 Shandwick Place.

Please make sure you go to the right venue.

Our music programme this year includes a wide range of different genres of music. World music Music from Scotland, China and the USA ensures a good cultural mix. Jazz and Big Band Two big bands and a saxophone quartet provide the jazz and swing elements. Opera and music theatre Local music theatre groups, who perform regularly with us, bring a selection of songs from the shows, and Opera Bohemia return with Madame Butterfly. Instrumental recitals Solo piano, cello and guitar recitals show off the virtuosity of these instruments and the piano combines with violin or flute to present exciting programmes. Song recitals Song is provided by a chamber group new to us, an exciting new soprano from Malta and some of our regular performers.

Mary Scott Festival Convener

The Book Festival Fringe at St Andrew’s and St George’s West Listen to local authors discuss their latest books in an intimate, relaxed atmosphere with refreshments and a chance to ask questions. All just a few minutes’ walk from Charlotte Square. We hope that you enjoy our programme and that we can welcome you to one of our venues. Mary Margaret Scott and the Festival team at St Andrew’s and St George’s West .

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Monday 6 August My Journey throughout China Royal Overseas House 7.30-8.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Playing the zheng (zither), Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to take us on a journey through the spirit of China. Part of the Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival

Tuesday 7 August Musical Gems for Violin and Piano Royal Overseas House 12.30-1.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Viennese violinist Wolfgang David and American composerpianist David Gompper team up for a delightful programme of classical sonatas by Grieg and Ravel, gems by Kreisler and Saint-Saëns, and a new work on the Irish tune Star of the County Down.

Debussy and Granados. "A stunning combination of beautiful music and flawless piano skills" (Unlimited Media).

My Journey throughout China Royal Overseas House 7.30-8.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Playing the zheng (zither), Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to take us on a journey through the spirit of China. Part of the Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival.

Eddie McGuire and Yi Dong

In Musical Company In Musical Company St Cuthbert’s Church 7.10pm & 8.40pm £10 (£8 conc) Lose those recession blues and be uplifted by songs from Edinburgh Music Theatre. This dynamic company’s catalogue of smash-hit musicals including Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, A Chorus Line and Rent. If you love musicals you’ll love this! edinburghtheatre.co.uk.

Wolfgang David and David Gompper

Beethoven and Schubert Royal Overseas House 2.30-3.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Clare Jones (piano) plays Beethoven Sonata Op.14 No.1, Schubert Impromptus D899, and song- and dance-inspired works by Mozart, Liszt,

St Cuthbert’s Church 7.10pm & 8.40pm £10 (£8 conc) Lose those recession blues and be uplifted by songs from Edinburgh Music Theatre. This dynamic company’s catalogue of smash-hit musicals including Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, A Chorus Line and Rent. If you love musicals you’ll love this! edinburghtheatre.co.uk.

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Wednesday 8 August Musical Gems for Violin and Piano Royal Overseas House 12.30-1.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Viennese violinist Wolfgang David and American composerpianist David Gompper team up for a delightful programme of classical sonatas by Grieg and Ravel, gems by Kreisler and Saint-Saëns, and a new work on the Irish tune Star of the County Down.

Royal Overseas House 4.30-5.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Sid Samberg’s original piano music has captivated both seasoned classical audiences and those who have never delved into the genre. He is returning to the Fringe for two exciting concerts.

Never Too Late To Learn

My Journey throughout China

Royal Overseas House 2.30-3.30pm £10 Jennifer Logan (mezzosoprano) and Stuart Hope (piano) present songs inspired by classes on offer this autumn - from computing for the terrified to criminology, Tango (how to embrace your partner) to Christmas snowglobes, posh nosh and detox, mobile phone apps, and Bach for pets.

St Cuthbert’s Church 4.30-5.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Playing the zheng (zither), Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to take us on a journey through the spirit of China. Part of the Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival

Jennifer Logan

Sid Samberg plays..

In Musical Company St Cuthbert’s Church 7.10pm & 8.40pm

£10 (£8 conc) Lose those recession blues and be uplifted by songs from Edinburgh Music Theatre. This dynamic company’s catalogue of smash-hit musicals including Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, A Chorus Line and Rent. If you love musicals you’ll love this! edinburghtheatre.co.uk.

Thursday 9 August My Journey throughout China Royal Overseas House 2.30-3.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Playing the zheng (zither), Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to take us on a journey through the spirit of China. Part of the Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival.

Guitar of the 19th Century St Cuthbert’s Church 4.30-5.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Listen to music from the golden age of the guitar, played by Stephen Morrison in a programme

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of late classic and early romantic masterworks beautifully performed on a period instrument - a rare guitar of intricate beauty and clarity of sound.

Friday 10 August Steve Warzycki – Bach and after

Hume Saxophone quartet

Sax Appeal 2012 Royal Overseas House 4.30-5.30pm £8 (£6 conc) Enjoy an hour away from Fringe frenzy in the company of the popular Hume Saxophone Quartet. With a repertoire that features everything from Mozart to Mancini, Sousa to Sinatra and Bach to the Beatles, this particular fab four treat their audiences to an enthusiastic interpretation of the classics, jazz and ragtime, that has delighted fans throughout central Scotland. Whether your tastes run to toe-tapping jazz or mellow classics there is something for everyone. Find out more at www.thehume.co.uk..

Sid Samberg plays… Royal Overseas House 7.30-8.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Sid Samberg’s original piano music has captivated both seasoned classical audiences and those who have never delved into the genre. He is thrilled to be returning to the Fringe for two exciting concerts.

In Musical Company St Cuthbert’s Church 7.10pm & 8.40pm £10 (£8 conc) Lose those recession blues and be uplifted by songs from Edinburgh Music Theatre. This dynamic company’s catalogue of smash-hit musicals including Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, A Chorus Line and Rent. If you love musicals you’ll love this! www.edinburghtheatre.co .uk.

Royal Overseas House 12.30-13.30pm £9 (£7 conc) A dazzling programme of virtuoso piano works for left hand that Stefan Warzycki will also perform in Russia and Japan, including his own arrangement of Bach’s Chromatic Fantasia and Saint-Saëns’s charming Six Studies.

My Journey throughout China Royal Overseas House 2.30-3.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Playing the zheng (zither), Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to take us on a journey through the spirit of China. Part of the Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival.

TrioSono St Cuthbert’s Church 2.30-3.40pm £10 (£9 conc) TrioSono is a unique chamber ensemble

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featuring Jean Johnson (clarinet), Andrea Baker (mezzo-soprano) and Klaus Sallmann (piano). They present a new programme featuring American composers, which celebrates the extraordinary diversity unique to American music. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to hear this internationally celebrated trio interpreting works by Ives, Bernstein, Laitman, Sargon as well as a selection of Negro spirituals.

Trio Sono

Line and Rent. If you love musicals you’ll love this! www.edinburghtheatre.co .uk.

Figments – inspired for flute and piano Royal Overseas House 7.30-8.30pm £7 (£5 conc) Let Graham (Flautist) and Rebecca (Pianist Composer) take you on a journey featuring music inspired by traditional art and modern styles. These two young musicians, who study at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, have collaborated to provide you with new arrangements of old classics and new compositions.

dedicated to Czar Alexander I of Russia.

Celestial Banquet St Cuthbert’s Church 12.30-1.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Wordsworth Singers, a Cumbrian chamber choir, has been thrilling audiences with its rich sound, committed performances and daring, imaginative programming. Director Mark Hindley is best-known in Scotland for his work as chorus master of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. www.wordsworthsingers. org.uk.

TrioSono

Saturday 11 August In Musical Company St Cuthbert’s Church 7.10pm & 8.40pm £10 (£8 conc) Lose those recession blues and be uplifted by songs from Edinburgh Music Theatre. This dynamic company’s catalogue of smash-hit musicals including Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, A Chorus

Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas Royal Overseas House 12.30-1.30pm £9 (£7 conc) For the third concert in the cycle, violinist Lawrence Dunn is joined by pianist Gilmour Macleod in performances of the composer's 6th and 7th sonatas of 1802, both

St Cuthbert’s Church 2.30-3.40pm £10 (£9 conc) TrioSono is a unique chamber ensemble featuring Jean Johnson (clarinet), Andrea Baker (mezzo-soprano) and Klaus Sallmann (piano). They present a new programme featuring American composers, which celebrates the extraordinary diversity unique to American music. Don’t miss this exciting

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Natasha Day

opportunity to hear this internationally celebrated trio interpreting works by Ives, Bernstein, Laitman, Sargon as well as a selection of Negro spirituals.

Music of 2 Nations Royal Overseas House 2.30-3.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Eddie McGuire is one of the most prestigious Scottish composers alive, and classical zheng performer Dong Yi is the most celebrated international soloist of any Chinese national musical instrument of her generation. They are giving a presentation with bamboo flutes, classical flutes and Chinese zheng (zither) on the music of the two nations in comparative perspective. Part of the Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival.

Song recital Royal Overseas House 4.30-5.30pm £9 (£7 conc) After her recent success as Carmen in Edinburgh, Laura Margaret Smith sings songs by Schumann (from Liederkreis), Faure, and Britten’s Charm of Lullabies. Accompanist Colin Kingsley will also play solos by Brahms (from Op.76), Chabrier (Melancolie) and John Ireland (April). Presented by the Chopin Circle.

Guitar of the 19th Century St Cuthbert’s Church 4.30-5.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Listen to music from the golden age of the guitar, played by Stephen Morrison in a programme of late classic and early romantic masterworks beautifully performed on a period instrument - a rare guitar of intricate beauty and clarity of sound.

Sunday 12 August Sound of Seventeen St Cuthbert’s Church 7.30-9.30 £10 (£8 conc) The Sound of Seventeen is an Edinburgh-based big band, which will be playing a selection of music from the big band era. This year we will be celebrating our 10th anniversary with a wide range of music.

Sound of Seventeen

Laura Smith

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Monday 13 August

Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival.

My Journey throughout China

Tuesday 14 August

St Cuthbert’s Church 12.30-1.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Playing the zheng (zither), Yi Dong makes her annual return to Edinburgh to take us on a journey through the spirit of China. Part of the Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival

Music of 2 Nations St Cuthbert’s Church 8-9pm £9 (£7 conc) Eddie McGuire, one of the most prestigious Scottish composers alive, and classical zheng performer Dong Yi, the most celebrated international soloist of any Chinese national musical instrument of her generation give a presentation with bamboo flutes, classical flutes and Chinese zheng (zither) on the music of the two nations in comparative perspective. Part of the Glamour of

Bach cello suites St Cuthbert’s Church 12.30-1.30pm £9 (£7 conc) The accomplished cellist Anne-Isabel Meyer returns to the Fringe with Bach's great masterworks for solo violoncello. Take this rare opportunity to hear the whole cycle over three days.

Anne-Isabel Meyer

The Newtown Ensemble St Cuthbert’s Church 8-9pm £9 (£7 conc) Music for clarinet, violin and piano performed by the Newtown Ensemble: Sally Day, Clare Docherty and John Cameron, who are alumni of St Mary’s

Music School. The programme will include: Khachaturian's rich and vivid Trio, written when the composer was only 19, Debussy's effervescent Premiere Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano, and the 1997 Trio by US composer Kathryn Mishell.

Wednesday 15 August Bach cello suites St Cuthbert’s Church 12.30-1.30pm £9 (£7 conc) The accomplished cellist Anne-Isabel Meyer performs her second programme of Bach's great masterworks for solo cello.

Thursday 16 August Bach cello suites St Cuthbert’s Church 12.30-1.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Anne-Isabel Meyer performs her third programme of Bach's great masterworks for solo cello.

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Bohemians on the Fringe St Cuthbert’s Church 8-10pm £10 Returning after last year's sell-out concerts, the Bohemians present a variety of songs from musicals, film, television, past, popular, present and not so well known. Accompany them in the historic setting of St Cuthbert’s church.

Friday 17 August Singin’ Drums St Cuthbert’s Church 12.30-1.45pm £10 (£9 conc) Join Newman Taylor Baker (Henry Grimes, Billy Bang, Henry Threadgill) and internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker (star of the 2010 EIF Porgy and Bess) as they joyfully celebrate the African-American musical experience. Using voice and drum, they create a musical tapestry connecting the

historical drum set to the many female voices that shaped jazz, opera, gospel and blues. Subtly breath-taking! With Richard Lewis (piano)

Singin’ Drums

Saturday 18 August My Journey throughout China

Singin’ Drums St Cuthbert’s Church 2.30-3.45pm £10 (£9 conc) Join Newman Taylor Baker (Henry Grimes, Billy Bang, Henry Threadgill) and internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker (star of the 2010 EIF Porgy and Bess) as they joyfully celebrate the African-American musical experience. Using voice and drum, they create a musical tapestry connecting the historical drum set to the many female voices that shaped jazz, opera, gospel and blues. Subtly breath-taking! With Richard Lewis (piano).

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Festival Diary Time Event Monday 6 August 7.10pm In Musical Company 7.30pm My Journey throughout China 8.40pm In Musical Company Tuesday 7 August 12.30pm Musical Gems for Violin and Piano 2.30pm Beethoven and Schubert 7.10pm In Musical Company 7.30pm My Journey throughout China 8.40pm In Musical Company Wednesday 8 August 12.30pm Musical Gems for Violin and Piano 2.30pm Never Too Late to Learn 4.30pm Sid Samberg plays… 4.30pm My Journey throughout China 7.10pm In Musical Company 8.40pm In Musical Company Thursday 9 August 2.30pm My Journey throughout China 4.30pm Guitar of the 19th Century 4.30pm Sax Appeal 2012 7.10pm In Musical Company 7.30pm Sid Samberg plays… 8.40pm In Musical Company Friday 10 August 12.30pm Steve Warzycki – Bach and after 2.30pm My Journey throughout China 2.30pm TrioSono 7.10pm In Musical Company 7.30pm Figments – inspired for flute and piano 8.40pm In Musical Company Saturday 11 August 12.30pm Beethoven’s Violin Sonatas 12.30pm Celestial Banquet 2.30pm TrioSono 2.30pm Music of Two Nations 4.30pm Song recital 4.30pm Guitar of the 19th Century 7.30pm My Journey throughout China

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Festival Diary Time Event Sunday 12 August 7.30pm Sound of Seventeen Monday 13 August 12.30pm My Journey throughout China 8pm Music of Two Nations Tuesday 14 August 12.30pm Bach cello suites 8pm The Newtown Ensemble Wednesday 15 August 12.30pm Bach cello suites Thursday 16 August 12.30pm Bach cello suites 2pm Finlay Macdonald and Julie Davidson 8pm Bohemians on the Fringe Friday 17 August 12.30pm Singin’ Drums 2pm Bill Clinkenbeard + Marianne Wheelaghan 8pm Bohemians on the Fringe Saturday 18 August 12.30pm My Journey throughout China 2.30pm Singin’ Drums 4.30pm Musical Malta 7.30pm Big Band Swing Sunday 19 August 8pm A Vintage Evening of Song Monday 20 August 12.30pm Singin’ Drums 8pm Scotland’s Harps – a Celebration Tuesday 21 August 2.30pm Piano and flute recital 8pm Madame Butterfly Wednesday 22 August 8pm A Little Night Music Thursday 23 August 12.30pm Beauties and Heroes 2.30pm Piano and flute recital Friday 24 August 12.30pm Absolutely Romantic

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Saturday 18 August Musical Malta St Cuthbert’s Church 4.30-5.30pm £8 (£5 conc) Come and enjoy an afternoon recital given by Christine Barbara (soprano) and Kayleigh Vella (piano), an exciting new duo from musical Malta! The concert features a variety of music ranging from Baroque to 20th century with soprano and accompanying pianist also performing solo pieces.

Musical Malta

Big Band Swing – That Swing Sensation St Cuthbert’s Church 7.30-9.30pm £10 (£8 conc) Jon Ritchie's Swing Sensation Big Band makes a welcome return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a

programme of classic instrumentals from the big band era and laid back vocals that are so hot they're cool. Big band hits from the band with two Guinness World Records under its belt, and a sellout show award in 2011, are just the thing to make your weekend go with a swing. If swing's your thing, don't miss it! Find out more at www. swingsensation.co.uk.

Sunday 19 August A Vintage Evening of Song St Cuthbert’s Church 8-10pm £10 (£8 conc) From the elegance of the Edwardian era, and covering the advent of recorded music, the strife of the Suffragettes, the tragedy of the Titanic and the life-changing events of The Great War, this is a period rich in song brought to you by Ensemble, Fife’s leading operatic concert group, annual visitors since 1990. www.ensembleinfife. org.uk.

Ensemble

Monday 20 August Singin’ Drums St Cuthbert’s Church 12.30-1.45pm £10 (£9 conc) Join Newman Taylor Baker (Henry Grimes, Billy Bang, Henry Threadgill) and internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker (star of the 2010 EIF Porgy and Bess) as they joyfully celebrate the African-American musical experience. Using voice and drum, they create a musical tapestry connecting the historical drum set to the many female voices that shaped jazz, opera, gospel and blues. Subtly breathtaking! With Richard Lewis (piano)

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will include Clair de Lune, Nocturnes, Moonlight Sonata. ‘A Masterpiece’ (EdinburghGuide.com)

Scotland’s Harps – a Celebration St Cuthbert’s Church 8-10pm £10 (£8 conc) Hear haunting Gaelic and Scottish airs and sparkling dance tunes performed in an informal ceilidh atmosphere by Na Clàrsairean (the Scottish Harp Orchestra), Lothian Gaelic Choir and guests. Presented by the Clarsach Society.

Tuesday 21 August Piano and Flute recital St Cuthbert’s Church 2.30-3.30pm £10 (£9 conc) Maya Irgalina, a Belarusian pianist, has delighted Edinburgh audiences on previous occasions. Joined by Kristina Healy, an Australian flautist, these much-lauded recent graduates of the Royal National College of Music will present solo and duo works by Schubert, Schumann, Stravinsky and Piazzolla.

Maya Irgalina and Kristina Healy

Madame Butterfly St Cuthbert’s Church 8-10pm £12 (£10 conc) Following critically acclaimed performances of La Boheme and Lucia di Lammermoor, Opera Bohemia makes its third appearance at the Fringe with Puccini's opera, Madame Butterfly. ‘A wealth of extraordinary fresh talent’ (List). ‘A spectacular performance' (Herald).

Wednesday 22 August

Thursday 23 August Beauties and Heroes St Cuthbert’s Church 12.30-1.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Classical zheng performer, Yi Dong, is the most celebrated international soloist, of any Chinese national musical instrument, of her generation. Playing the zheng (zither), she makes her annual return to Edinburgh to give us a concert of special music for Chinese Lovers’ Day. Part of the Glamour of Jasmine Chinese Arts Festival.

A Little Night Music St Cuthbert’s Church 8-9pm £9 (£7 conc) Pianist Alasdair Cameron returns with a kaleidoscope of nocturnal pieces by Debussy, Grieg, Granados, Chopin and Beethoven. Favourites

Yi Dong

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Piano and Flute recital

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St Cuthbert’s Church 2.30-3.30pm £10 (£9 conc) Maya Irgalina, a Belarusian pianist, has delighted Edinburgh audiences on previous occasions. Joined by Kristina Healy, an Australian flautist, these much-lauded recent graduates of the Royal National College of Music will present solo and duo works by Schubert, Schumann, Stravinsky and Piazzolla.

This festival is planned and staffed by volunteers from St Andrew’s and St George’s West with a bit of paid student help.

Friday 24 August Absolutely Romantic St Cuthbert’s Church 12.30-1.30pm £9 (£7 conc) Adrian Sims (piano) returns to Edinburgh to perform virtuoso favourites by Rachmaninov, Liszt, Strauss and Mendelssohn.

It’s part of a year-round programme of activities at St Andrew’s and St George’s West, a city centre church in Edinburgh whose parish encompasses the New Town and West End of this fantastic city. If you have come to our festival before you will know that it’s usually held in our Georgian church at 13 George Street. We’re sorry that’s closed for refurbishment at the moment. However in 2013 it will be sparkling and open again as a busy working church with concerts, events and festivals as well as hospitality, prayers and services. Until then find us at our current home at St Andrew’s and St George’s West Shandwick Place Building 58 Shandwick Place Edinburgh EH2 4RT Tel 0131 225 3847 info@standrewsandstgeorges.org.uk www.standrewsandstgeorgeswest.org.uk Feel free to join us for creative worship on Sundays at 9am, 9.45am or 11am. We’d love to see you. St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church of Scotland Edinburgh is a registered charity. Charity number SC 008990.

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” Fringe Book Festival at St Andrew’s and St George’s West

Thursday 16 August Shandwick Place Building 2 pm - 3.30pm Tickets £6 (£4 concessions) Including refreshments

Friday 17 August Shandwick Place Building 2 pm - 3.30pm Tickets £6 (£4 concessions) including refreshments

The Very Rev Dr Finlay Macdonald and Julie Davidson discuss their work including Finlay’s new novel ‘Luke Paul’ and Julie’s biography of Mary Livingstone, wife of missionary David Livingstone.

Authors Bill Clinkenbeard and Marianne Wheelaghan discuss their work including Bill's second novel, 'The Battle of Inchcolm Abbey' and Marianne's book, 'The Blue Suitcase'.

Finlay Macdonald is a retired minister who held two of the highest offices in the Church of Scotland: Principal Clerk to the General Assembly 1996 - 2010 and Moderator in 2002. His first novel ‘Luke Paul’ was published in May 2012.

Bill Clinkenbeard was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is an engineer, a Presbyterian minister and author of 7 books. ‘The Battle of Inchcolm Abbey’ was published in February 2012.

"For a religion which began with teaching by parables, story should never be underestimated." Gilleasbuig Macmillan

Marianne Wheelaghan lives in Edinburgh. Her first novel ‘The Blue Suitcase’ is based on the diary and letters of her mother and aunt growing up in Nazi Germany. It was published to great acclaim in November 2010.

Julie Davidson is an award winning journalist and freelance writer. Her biography ‘Looking for Mrs Livingstone’ will be published by St Andrew Press in September 2012. “In the history books, Mary Livingstone is a shadow in the blaze of her husband's sun, a whisper in the thunderclap of his reputation. Yet she played an important role in Livingstone's success and her own feats as an early traveller in uncharted Africa are unique”

www.williamclinkenbeard.com/

“It’s hard to read, but harder to stop.“ James Robertson www.mariannewheelaghan.co.uk/ Tickets for these events are available on the door, by post or in person from the St Andrew’s and St George’s West Box Office at 58 Shandwick Place Edinburgh EH2 4RT.

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How to buy tickets By post, in advance We accept postal bookings for events from 20 June 2012. Please use the booking form opposite and send applications to St Andrew’s & St George’s West Church, ‘Festival Tickets, 58 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh EH2 4RT. Please make cheques payable to St Andrew’s & St George’s Artistic Events and enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Ticket applications without an SAE may be collected from the advance box office during opening hours or at the door immediately before a performance.

Online If you would like to buy tickets online please use the excellent Fringe website www.edfringe.com. You can locate shows on the website by performer or by venue - St Cuthbert’s is Fringe venue 122 and the Royal Over-Seas League is Fringe venue 19. Please note that because we are using third party venues this year during our refurbishment there is no St Andrew’s and St George’s West section (usually venue 111) on the Fringe website.

In person during the Festival Advance Box Office at Shandwick Place From Monday 6 August our Advance Box Office will be open Monday – Saturday 10am-4pm for sales of tickets for all our events. The box office is in our Shandwick Place building at 58 Shandwick Place, EH2 4RT on the corner of Shandwick Place and Stafford Street. Access here is affected by the tram works. There is metered parking available on Stafford Street and Coates Crescent and bus stops are a short walk away. On the door at the venue tickets are available from half an hour before each performance at the venue. At the Fringe Box Office Tickets for most performances can also be purchased through the Fringe Box Office. 16 St Andrew’s and St George’s West at Festival Time 6-24 August 2012 www.standrewsandstgeorgeswest.org.uk

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St Andrew’s and St George’s West at Festival Time 2012 performance venues

Left Interior of St Cuthbert’s Church Lothian Road Edinburgh www.st-cuthberts.net Fringe Venue 122

Right Entrance hall of Royal Overseas House 100 Princes Street www.rosl-edinburgh.org Fringe Venue 19

Left Interior of St Andrew’s and St George’s West Shandwick Place Building www.standrewsandstgeorg eswest.org.uk 19 St Andrew’s and St George’s West at Festival Time 6-24 August 2012 www.standrewsandstgeorgeswest.org.uk

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1. St Andrew’s & St George’s West

3.St Cuthbert’s

1. St Andrew’s and St George’s West (Shandwick Place Building) 58 Shandwick Place EH2 4RT tel 0131 225 3847  mailing address for postal bookings  advance box office from 6 -24 August  performance venue for Book Festival Fringe events 2. Royal Overseas League, 100 Princes Street EH2 3AB Fringe Venue 19  performance venue for some of our concerts 6 -11 August  tickets available on the door from half an hour before concerts 3. St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road EH1 2EP Fringe Venue 122  performance venue for some of our concerts 6-24 August  tickets available on the door from half an hour before concerts St Andrew’s and St George’s West (George Street Building) is closed for refurbishment until December 2012. www.standrewsandstgeorgeswest.org.uk