Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.luluedinburgh.co.uk
;
125 George St)
Lush leather sofas, red satin cushions, fetish-
istic steel-mesh curtains and dim red lighting all help to create a decadent atmosphere in
this drop-dead-gorgeous club venue beneath the Tigerlily boutique hotel. Resident and
guest DJs show a bit more originality than your average club.
Cinemas
Film buffs will find plenty to keep them happy in Edinburgh's art-house cinemas, while
popcorn munchers can choose from a range of multiplexes.
CINEMA
Filmhouse
(
www.filmhousecinema.com
;
88 Lothian Rd; )
The Filmhouse is the main venue for the
annual Edinburgh International Film Festival and screens a full program of art-house,
classic, foreign and second-run films, with lots of themes, retrospectives and 70mm
screenings. It has wheelchair access to all three screens.
Cameo
(
www.picturehouses.co.uk
;
38 Home St)
The three-screen, independently owned Cameo is
a good, old-fashioned cinema showing an imaginative mix of mainstream and art-house
movies. There is a good program of midnight movies and Sunday matinees, and the seats
in screen 1 are big enough to get lost in.
CINEMA
Classical Music, Opera & Ballet
The following are the main venues for classical music.
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
(
www.edtheatres.com/festival
;
13-29 Nicolson St; box office 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, to
8pm show nights, 4pm-showtime Sun)
A beautifully restored art-deco theatre with a mod-
ern frontage, the Festival is the city's main venue for opera, dance and ballet, but also
stages musicals, concerts, drama and childrens shows.
BALLET, OPERA
Usher Hall
CLASSICAL MUSIC
