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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Carmen and beanbag-style shows to feature at Edinburgh international festival

A scene from a production of Carmen, by the French company Opéra-Comique
The 2024 programme includes a production of Carmen by the French company Opéra-Comique at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh. Photograph: Stefan Brion

Nicola Benedetti, the Grammy-winning violinist, has revealed that next year’s Edinburgh international festival will feature many more shows where the barriers between audiences and artists will be removed.

She said next August’s festival, featuring a revival of Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen in its original form, would include numerous shows similar in thinking to a Hungarian production this year in which the audience sat on beanbags among the orchestra.

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