Edinburgh international festival draws on MLK with themes of hope and community

Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theater and Budapest Festival Orchestra among performers named in lineup

This year’s Edinburgh international festival will focus on themes of hope, community and new perspectives as it attempts to draw audiences back into theatres after the Covid pandemic.

It in its first year led by the Scottish concert violinist Nicola Benedetti, the festival will host Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theater, the Budapest Festival Orchestra playing to an audience on beanbags, and the youthful Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela.