SA SEASON IN THE UK

EDINBURGH FESTIVALS
JULY / AUGUST 2014
Partners
Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa
British Council
National Film and Video Foundation, South Africa
Creative Scotland
The South African High Commission in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
Brand South Africa
For more information on the festivals please visit www.globalsouthafricans.com, or
visit the offcial Edinburgh Festival website: www.edinburghfestivals.co.uk.
As the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), we are proud
to be collaborating with the British Council to encourage cul-
tural, economic, educational, and a broad range of activities
between the two countries.
The SA-UK Seasons were born from talks which began at the
Inter-Ministerial Bilateral forum in London in 2011, later re-
sulting in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in
Arts and Culture, which set out a platform for cooperation to
be implemented by the DAC and the British Council.
The DAC is working closely with the British Council to pro-
mote institutional collaboration and various programmes.
These programmes will offer many South African artists work
opportunities in many cities across the United Kingdom. We
were particularly proud to have collaborated with the city of
Glasgow in presenting the highly successful International Nel-
son Mandela Day Celebrations in Glasgow on 18 July 2014.
Glasgow played a pivotal role in exerting international pres-
sure against apartheid, and was the frst city to offer Nelson Mandela the Freedom of the City.
As we celebrate 20 Years of Freedom in South Africa this year, it is an opportune moment for us
the people of South Africa to express our sincere thanks to the people of the United Kingdom,
Action for Southern Africa and all organisations and individuals who played an active role in our
liberation.
Following the success of the France South Africa Seasons 2012 & 2013 which featured more
than 1000 South Africans in 250 events in 150 cities across France, the SA-UK Seasons 2014
& 2015 aims to create jobs, increase sustainability of the creative arts sector and open up new
markets for South African artists in the UK. The Seasons will also promote the collaboration
between British and South African artists. We are delighted that tens of South African artists
and at least twenty productions will feature, this year, in six Edinburgh festivals.
The current programme of Action of the South African Government is designed to ensure con-
tinued democratization of our society based on equality, non-racialism and non-sexism. And
we believe that arts and culture can be use an effective tool to the building of national unity in
diversity as a source of our strength.
Mr Nathi Mthethwa, Minister of Arts and Culture, South Africa
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MESSAgE FroM THE MiNiSTEr oF ArTS ANd CulTurE, SouTH AFriCA
Nelson Mandela said, It is music and dancing that makes me
at peace with the world- indeed the arts have the power to
unite people of different backgrounds, ages and races. The
SA-UK Seasons aim to utilise arts and culture to promote
people-to-people relations between the citizens of South Af-
rica and the United Kingdom.
The SA-UK Seasons are composed of four streams:
1. The South African Season in the UK which showcases a
variety of South African arts and culture projects.
2. The British Season in South Africa which is called Con-
nect ZA is funded and managed by the British Council and
aims to build cultural connections between young people
aged 18-35 in the UK and South Africa.
3. Joint Projects of a collaborative nature between South
Africa and the UK which are funded by the Department of
Arts and Culture and the British Council.
4. Joint Projects between South African and the UK which do not receive direct funding but
are endorsed by the joint organising committee of the Seasons and beneft from the marketing
and public relations endeavours of the Seasons.
Over the course of the South African Season in the UK in 2014, South African works and artists
will feature prominently in Glasgow during the International Nelson Mandela Day Celebrations
and the Commonwealth Games / Festival 2014. Major South African productions will also fea-
ture in six of the Edinburgh Festivals Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Art Festival,
Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, the Edinburgh Book Festival and
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
As with the British Councils programme Connect ZA, the South African Season in the UK will
reinvigorate, revitalise, renew and refresh our relationship with the UK, bringing our age-old
relationship into the 21st century.
We look forward to having British audiences in the front row of the South Africa Season in the
UK.
Mr Bongani Tembe, Commissioner-general, SA-uK Seasons 2014 & 2015
MESSAgE FroM THE CoMMiSSioNEr-gENErAl
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Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
18 - 27 July 2014
A key player in the groundbreaking South African jazz scene of the late 50s, pianist, Abdullah
Ibrahim came to international attention thanks to Duke Ellingtons support. He played at Nelson
Mandelas inauguration, and in his 80th year, we welcome the legendary musician to present his
reverential, powerful, and engaging solo piano music again in Edinburgh.
Freshlyground are the high-energy band that brings together traditional kwela music, jazz,
blues and indie rock, to a mix thats infectiously South African. Their offcial song of the World
Cup in 2010 underlined their status as the musical voice of a nations adolescent democracy.
Since 1964, the Mahotella Queens have presented their infectious vocal harmonies, mbaqanga
music and dancing for audiences all over the world. Huge names in South Africa, theyve played
all the major world stages and were featured in 2012 in Londons Hyde Park for the Queens
Jubilee Celebrations.
MAHoTEllA QuEENS, FrESHlygrouNd, ABdullAH iBrAHiM
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
18 - 27 July 2014
South African trumpeter, Faku, raids the jazz
tradition and his band evokes the Miles Davis
Quintet and classic Blue Note bands, but hes
alive to the whole South African tradition too,
and is one of the leading South African jazz
musician of today.
Artscape Theatre Centre is the main perform-
ing arts centre in Cape Town. The Artscape
Music Outreach Programme offers music edu-
cation to help unemployed musicians access
opportunities in the music industry. The Youth
Band is a strand of their work, offering young
people from townships the opportunity to learn
and develop through music.
As a highly acclaimed jazz performer, Ian Smith
(Director/Conductor, Artscapes Youth Band) is
one the most sought after studio players in
South Africa. He has performed as a soloist
with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
and co-founded the Cape Jazz Orchestra. He
is currently involved with music development
programmes in the Western Cape and has won
an award from the Department of Culture Af-
fairs and Sport for his contribution to the Per-
forming Arts for Music.
Lorenzo Blignaut is seen as the group leader
amongst the band. He has been playing the
trumpet since age nine and has performed at
many high profle events as well as at the Cape
Town Jazz Festival. His goal is to become a mu-
sic director and conductor as well as a famous
trumpet player like his mentor Ian Smith. This
is his frst time in Scotland.
Both Ian and Lorenzo played in the Common-
wealth Jazz Orchestra.
FEyA FAKu QuiNTET ANd ArTSCAPE youTH BANd
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uBu ANd THE TruTH CoMMiSSioN - HANdSPriNg PuPPET CoMPANy
Performed in English
William Kentridge director
Janni younge Associate director
Jane Taylor Writer
Adrian Kohler Puppet designer
Wesley France lighting designer
Cast includes Busi Zokufa and dawid
Minnaar
With its dark and sardonic wit, documentary
footage, spectacular animation, poignant pup-
petry and superb actors, Ubu and the Truth
Commission draws on both the historical ar-
chive of the hearings of South Africas Truth
and Reconciliation Commission and on the
dramatic f gure of Ubu Roi, a licentious buf-
foon created by the playwright Alfred Jarry.
Ubu and the Truth Commission was the third
in a trilogy of plays that brought William Ken-
tridge and Handspring Puppet Company, who
later created War Horse, to worldwide acclaim.
Revived to mark the 20th anniversary of de-
mocracy in South Africa, this metaphorical
tale of marital betrayal affords glimpses into
the devastating complexities of apartheid.
Poignant testimonies that once formed part
of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
hearings are given by characters played by
Handsprings puppets. With animation by di-
rector William Kentridge, the cast includes
actors Busi Zokufa and Dawid Minnaar as Ma
and Pa Ubu.
A co-production by the Edinburgh Internation-
al Festival, The Taipei Arts Festival and Tai-
pei Culture Foundation, Festival de Marseille _
danse et arts multiples, Onassis Cultural Cen-
tre, Cal Performances Berkeley and BOZAR,
Brussels.
2830 August
8.00pm
30 August
2.30pm
royal lyceum
Theatre Edin-
burgh
1 hour 30
minutes ap-
proximately
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30 August
Touch tour 1.15pm, audio description
2.15pm, captioned performance 2.30pm
Supported by:
Culture 2014
The City of Edinburgh Council
South Africa united Kingdom Seasons
2014 & 2015
stunningly theatrical multimedia piece that
drives home the atrocity known as apart-
heid By turns chilling and hilarious, brutal
and forgiving, the show casts a surreal light
on the heart of darkness and still manages
to leave you with hope.
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executed with consummate artistry
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* Please note this performance contains
graphic images of violence that may not be
suitable for children
Edinburgh International Festival
8 - 31 August 2014
Image: William Kentridge
Mark Baldwin Choreographer
Joseph Shabalala, ladysmith Black Mam-
bazo and Ella Spira Composers
ladysmith Black Mambazo Music includes
dancers from rambert and The royal Bal-
let
Produced by Sisters grimm
Inala meaning abundance of goodwill is a
muscular and beautiful blend of South African
and Western cultures in an exhilarating celebra-
tion of the rainbow nation.
Choreographer Mark Baldwin unites Zulu tradi-
tions of song and dance with Western classical
ballet, contemporary dance and music in one
breathtaking performance. This unique collabo-
ration brings together a stellar company includ-
ing dancers from The Royal Ballet and Rambert
with music performed live by Grammy Award-
winning South African choir Ladysmith Black
Mambazo.
In over 50 years of joyous and uplifting music-
making, Ladysmith Black Mambazos past
successes include working with Paul Simon on
his album Graceland, featuring the intricate
rhythms and harmonies of its native South Af-
rican musical traditions. Performed live by the
choir and an instrumental ensemble, Inalas
brand new score is a collaboration between
classical composer Ella Spira and Ladysmith
Black Mambazo.
10 12 August 8.00pm
The Edinburgh Playhouse
1 hour 35 minutes approximately
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South Africa united Kingdom Seasons
2014 & 2015
iNAlA - World Premiere
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A truly unique collaboration
former royal Ballet director dame Monica
Mason
Undulating rhythmic phrases that push and
pull harmonising that is both ethereal and
earthy
World Music, uK, on
ladysmith Black Mambazo
Edinburgh International Festival
8 - 31 August 2014
Image: Simon Turtle
Image: Sofe Knijff
Third World Bunfght: Brett Bailey
Image: Sofe Knijff
Brett Bailey Creator
Exhibit B lies somewhere between performance and exhibition.
13 tableau vivant installations featuring black performers look
at the themes of racism, othering and the colonial history of
Europe in Africa.
This deeply moving work, researched and created by South Afri-
can artist Brett Bailey, gazes into the hidden Curiosity Cabinets
of European racism. It focuses on the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, when Europes powers scrambled for Africas rich re-
sources, and the continents scientists formulated the pseudo-
scientifc racial theories that continue to warp perceptions, with
horrifc consequences.
Drawing on the human zoos and ethnographic displays so popu-
lar during this period, this site-specifc exhibit places Africans
and African asylum-seekers in display cases, unpacking the his-
tories, and turning the gaze back on Europeans.
9,10, 12, 13, 15, 19, 20, 22 and 25 August:
Performances from 2.00pm 5.50pm;
16, 17, 23 and 24 August:
Performances from 10.30am 5.50pm
Playfair library Hall
A walk through performance lasting 25 minutes approximately.
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The City of Edinburgh Council
South Africa united Kingdom Seasons 2014 & 2015
ExHiBiT B - THird World BuNFigHT
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Edinburgh Art Festival, in collaboration with City Art Centre, is pleased to announce the pre-
sentation of a major group exhibition, Where do I end and you begin. Held across four foors of
the City Art Centre, the exhibition brings together curators from fve Commonwealth countries:
New Zealand, South Africa, India, Canada and the UK, to explore themes of common-wealth
through the work of 20 international artists. As part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme,
and in the context of Homecoming Scotland 2014, the exhibition will introduce many artists to
UK audiences for the frst time.
Taking its title from a work by the artist Shilpa Gupta (IND), Where do I end and you begin
invites perspectives from fve points across the Commonwealth to explore the ideas, ideals
and myths which underpin notions of community, common-wealth and the commons. Through
new and recent work in a range of media, the exhibition considers what it means to join com-
mon with wealth, refecting on the notion of The Commonwealth as a problematic historical
and contemporary construct. It offers international perspectives on the range of associations
which common-wealth evokes, from the challenge of being in common in a truly global world,
to ideas of the common good, common land, public ownership and alternative exchange sys-
tems.
WHErE do i ENd ANd you BEgiN
Edinburgh Art Festival
1 August 19 October 2014, City Art Centre
Kay Hassan
My Fathers Music room, 2007-2008
Mixed media, installation detail, photograph by Wayne oosthuizen, courtesy of the Artist
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Mary Sibande
Im a Lady
2009
Five curators have been invited to pro-
pose new and recent work by 20 inter-
national artists based on their interest
in the themes of the project, as well as
their in-depth knowledge and engage-
ment with visual arts practice in their
respective regions. The participating
curators are Aaron Kreisler (Dunedin,
NZ); Thembinkosi Goniwe (Johannes-
burg, SA); Vidya Shivadas (New Delhi,
IND); Kathleen Ritter (Vancouver, CA);
and Richard Hylton (London, UK).
Eleven of the artists are showing in the
UK for the frst time, with at least half
of participating artists presenting new
work specifcally developed for the ex-
hibition. Highlights will include Shilpa
Guptas neon work Where do I end and
you begin; an evolution of the critically-
acclaimed Sovereign Forest, the highly
poetic flm installation by renowned
Indian artist Amar Kanwar; a newly
commissioned site-specifc installation
by Mary Evans (born Nigeria/lives and
works UK); and a video installation by
New Zealand artist Steve Carr. Johan-
nesburg-based artist Mary Sibande,
internationally acclaimed for her large
scale fgurative sculptures featuring
the artists alter ego Sophie, will cre-
ate a new work for the exhibition, while
Canadian artists Brian Jungen & Duane
Linklater show their recent flm Modest
Livelihood for the frst time in the UK.
South African, Thembinkosi Goniwe is
a curator, art historian and critic, cur-
rently completing a PhD at Cornell Uni-
versity, Ithaca, New York. Recent cu-
ratorial projects include Desire: Ideal
Narratives in Contemporary South Af-
rican Art, 54th Venice Biennale, Ven-
ice, 2011; SPace: Currencies in Con-
temporary Africa Art, Museum Africa,
Johannesburg, South Africa, 2010; and
Koma & Ulwaluko: Politics and Poetics
of Making Manhood, Polokwane Art Mu-
seum, South Africa, 2010.
lauren Beukes & C A davids 9 August 11.30am
A star of South Africas increasingly international literary scene,
Lauren Beukes is back with a smart, topical, Detroit-set thriller,
Broken Monsters. She is joined by C A Davids, who presents The
Blacks of Cape Town, an astonishingly assured debut novel.
Anna Whitwham & Niq Mhlongo 13 August 3.30pm
A rising star of South African literature, Niq Mhlongo, whose novel
Way Back Home explores the importance of African cultures and
beliefs through the eyes of a ghost who haunts her killers in post-
apartheid South Africa.
damon galgut 19 August 11.30am
After Howards End, British author E M Forster didnt publish an-
other novel for 15 years: A Passage to India in 1924. That period of
silence is explored in Arctic Summer, a major new novel by leading
South African writer Damon Galgut. In this tender fctionalisation
of Forsters travels to India, Galgut creates a vivid and intimate
image of the great author.
Zakes Mda 19 August 5.00pm
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Zakes Mda is regard-
ed as one of the most important novelists to have emerged on
South Africas literary scene since the end of apartheid. The author
of more than 20 novels and plays, Mda joins us today to discuss
his output, including his new mystic-realist epic The Sculptors of
Mapungubwe.
Elaine Proctor & rosie rowall 20 August 7.00pm
The recent history of South Africa is the driving force behind these
writers new work as Elaine Proctor presents The Savage Hour and
Rosie Rowell discusses her debut novel Leopold Blue. Death, dis-
ease and destruction are prominent in physical and psychological
forms as both the authors tackle the political and the personal.
Here the pair discuss their fctional portrayals of a nation con-
stantly in fux.
Parker Bilal & Margie orford 20 August 8.30pm
Africa is a hothouse for new kinds of crime writing. Parker Bilals The
Ghost Runner portrays the violence in Egypt after 9/11. Theres a
similar mood in Margie Orfords gripping Water Music, set around
Cape Town. While writing it, a government sponsored massacre
of striking miners took place - could Orford ever again imagine a
detective seeking justice for the state?
Edinburgh International Book Festival
9 25 August 2014, Charlotte Square Gardens
C A Davids
Lauren Beukes
Elaine Proctor
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Mpho Tutu 21 August 12.30pm
When apartheid ended many expected South Africa to be dev-
astated by a bloodbath. Yet thanks to people like Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, the country instead chose reconciliation and for-
giveness. Now Tutu and his daughter, the Reverend Mpho Tutu,
have written The Book of Forgiving. In this event we welcome
Mpho, who talks to Ruth Wishart about her ideas for achieving
peace in the world.
Mark gevisser & Maxim leo 23 August 8.30pm
Both Mark Gevisser and Maxim Leo grew up in countries now
barely recognisable from the ones they experienced during child-
hood. In Dispatcher, Gevisser delivers an impassioned medita-
tion on South Africa, home and identity, based on his 1970s
upbringing in Johannesburg. Meanwhile Leo has written Red
Love, a fascinating memoir looking back at his childhood in East
Berlin, revealing a GDR full of hopes, dreams and betrayals.
Paul gravett & John dunning 24 August 8.30pm
The Comics Unmasked exhibition at the British Library traces
the British comics tradition back through classic 1970s titles to
19th century illustrated reports of Jack the Ripper and beyond.
Featuring icons like Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and Posy Sim-
monds, curators John Dunning and Paul Gravett highlight how
comics have uncompromisingly addressed politics, gender, vio-
lence and sexuality.
Mpho Tutu
Damon Galgut
Margie Orford Zakes Mda Rosie Rowall
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South African presence at Edinburgh Festivals
Following on the success of the last two years,
Assembly Festivals third South African Season
brings the very best of contemporary South
African Theatre, featuring internationally ac-
claimed artists and the brightest emerging
talent to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It has
been made possible by the generous funding
of the Department of Arts and Culture in South
Africa and consists of fve dynamic plays this
year.
The Zulu from Tony nominee Mbongeni Nge-
ma, Silent Voice from the South African State
Theatre, the Best New South African Script
winning Hayani, Durban Playhouses produc-
tion of Race by David Mamet and the hilari-
ous Sunday Morning all land in Edinburgh this
August.
The South African Season was originally made
possible by the collaborative efforts of Assem-
bly Festival Director William Burdett-Coutts;
British Council, Festivals Edinburgh, and key
South African partners following a visit to the
Festival in 2011 by a delegation of invited
South African producers, theatre makers, po-
litical representatives and cultural leaders.
Assembly Festival has raised the bar on the
Fringe by working on country specifc seasons,
with the support of government agencies.
Alongside the South African Season, Assembly
Festival is also presenting its frst New Zealand
Season thanks to Creative New Zealand.
VEry BEST oF CoNTEMPorAry SouTH AFriCAN THEATrE AT THE
EdiNBurgH FESTiVAl FriNgE
Assembly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
31 July - 25 August 2014
SilENT VoiCE
A full throttled, interactive new heist drama
from Aubrey Sekhabi, Artistic Director of the
South African State Theatre. Four mens fates
become intertwined when they attempt to
pull off a complex and highly dangerous rob-
bery. As the hijackers best laid plans begin
to unravel, the audience are brought into the
midst of the action as they become pawns in
a high-stakes fght for survival. With a stellar
ensemble cast, including the title star of the
Academy Award-wining flm Tsotsi, SILENT
VOICE makes for utterly compelling viewing
(Sunday Independent, SA).
Performance details:
31 July - 25 August
Performance time 14:00
Assembly Roxy - Central
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Actors: Nat Ramabulana and Atandwa Kani
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HAyANi
Hayani is an original play refecting on the meaning of home in the context of South Africa
since its transition. The play explores the stories of two young South African males who both
travel back home and in doing so they journey towards better understanding of who they
are and what it really means to be a South African. A homecoming story that will tug at your
heartstrings.
Performance details:
1 - 25 August
Performance time 17:10
Assembly George Square Studios - Two
Assembly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
31 July - 25 August 2014
rACE
Shame, guilt, class, sex, lies and race are all provocatively stirred together in this fast-paced
drama from Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet. The plays riveting plot explores the attitudes
of the two partners in a law frm, one African-American and the other white, who must decide
whether to take on the case of a wealthy white man accused of raping an African-American
woman. As the lawyers, and the defendant, try to sift facts from assumptions, shattering rev-
elations emerge about their deepest values. The play, like the case, is not open and shut. This
production from the Playhouse Company in Durban, South Africa has been enthusiastically re-
ceived in a country battling with the complexities of a post-apartheid society, in which residual
prejudice continues to warp perceptions.
Performance details:
31 July - 25 August
Performance time 15:20
Assembly George Square Studios - One
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Actors: Michael Gritten, Nondumiso Tembe, Andre Jacobs and Peter Butler.
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SuNdAy MorNiNg
Matt is a successful photographer who has his life exactly how he likes it - until the day his
girlfriend tells him she is pregnant. In an attempt to process this disturbing information he
goes out for a run. Straying from his regular route, he ventures into a strange part of the city
where he makes a gruesome discovery that changes everything.
Performance details:
31 July - 25 August
Performance time 12:40
Assembly George Square Theatre - The Box
Assembly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
31 July - 25 August 2014
THE Zulu
A Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee, South African theatre and music legend
Mbongeni Ngema returns to the stage after twenty-seven years to retell stories, told to him as
a young boy growing up in the heart of Zululand, by his blind great-grandmother, Mkutshana.
The stories take us on a journey through the formation of the Zulu nation and its struggles for
survival to the moment when the Zulu nation stopped British imperial expansion dead in its
tracks at the battle of Isandlwana. This is a compelling journey of personal identity, which com-
bines music, ritual and performance revealing the stories, that, with extraordinary foresight,
Mkutshana had protected and hidden within the confnes of her rural home during the height of
Apartheid. Ngema co-wrote the classic Woza Albert! and created the Broadway hits Sarafna!
and Asinamali!
Performance details:
2 - 25 August
Performance time 12:45
Assembly Hall - Rainy Hall
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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
1 - 23 August 2014
The call of a trumpet, followed by a fanfare from the stands, heralds the opening spectacle of
the 2014 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo , as the Massed Pipes and Drums stream onto the
Castle Esplanade playing that old time favourite Loch Lomond. The bond is Scotland, the land
of the Homecoming.
Bands drawn from Her Majestys
Royal Marines and the Royal Regi-
ment of Scotland join forces with
the 1st Royal Irish Regiment, the
Australian Federal Police Band, the
Tasmanian Police Pipe Band, the
Singapore Army Band, the Paris
Port Dover Pipe Band from Can-
ada, the Malta Military Band, and
the Royal Army of Oman togeth-
er with musicians from the Pip-
ers Trail, a concept that involves
professional pipers being enlisted
from all over the world, with every
road leading to the same destina-
tion Scotland.
THE yEAr oF HoMECoMiNg our HoME, FriENdS ANd FAMily
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2014
1 - 23 August 2014
iNgobamakhosi Dance Group from Kwa-Zulu Natal have been specially recruited and rehearsed
for this years Tattoo by Cheryl Goss from Hartford House. They will perform a traditional battle
dance at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
South African Season in The uK
These events have been organised as part of the South African Season in the United Kingdom
which falls under the ambit of the SA-UK Seasons 2014 & 2015.
The Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa and the British Council and are working to-
gether on the SA- UK Seasons during 2014 and 2015, and developing a shared programme of
activities, opportunities and communications that will complement projects already developed
through Connect ZA and the South African Seasons in the UK. The collaboration is a catalyst for
new partnerships that will enable them to highlight and extend existing creative links between
the two countries.

Artistic and Programmatic leadership:
For SA: Mr Bongani Tembe (Commissioner-General)
For the UK: Mr Tom Porter (Head of Arts, British Council, South Africa)
Co-Chairs of the Seasons:
For SA: Ambassador Thandiwe January-McLean
For the UK: Rt Hon Baroness Usha Prasha