Behind the curtain: backstage at the Edinburgh festival

Now you see it ... Setting the scene for The Gospel at Colonus at the Playhouse theatre Photograph: Claudine Quinn ... now you don't Photograph: Claudine Quinn Backstage at the The Gospel at Colonus at the Edinburgh Playhouse Photograph: Claudine Quinn Technicians prepare the stage for The Gospel at Colonus at the Playhouse theatre Photograph: Claudine Quinn The Gospel at Colonus at the Edinburgh Playhouse Photograph: Claudine Quinn We're behind you ... an actor on stage in The Gospel at Colonus at the Playhouse theatre Photograph: Claudine Quinn Catching a glimpse of rehearsals of Idomeneo at the Usher Hall Photograph: Claudine Quinn Backstage during El Niño, the Edinburgh international festival's opening concert at the Usher Hall Photograph: Claudine Quinn Soprano Jessica Rivera (left) and mezzo soprano Kelley O’Connor during El Niño, the Edinburgh international festival's opening concert at Usher Hall Photograph: Claudine Quinn A musician's view of Caledonia on stage at the King’s theatre Photograph: Claudine Quinn Caledonia at the King’s theatre Photograph: Claudine Quinn In the dressing room, backstage at Porgy and Bess at the Festival theatre Photograph: Claudine Quinn Actors get ready for Porgy and Bess at the Festival theatre Photograph: Claudine Quinn The stage is set up for Porgy and Bess at the Festival theatre Photograph: Claudine Quinn Stage set for Vieux Carré at the Lyceum theatre Photograph: Claudine Quinn The cast of Montezuma in a costume photocall at Bruntsfield Links Photograph: Claudine Quinn Montezuma cast costume photocall, Bruntsfield Links Photograph: Claudine Quinn Staircase at the Usher Hall Photograph: Claudine Quinn Recreation of the 1947 opening concert picture – taken from behind the gallery at the the Usher Hall Photograph: Claudine Quinn Choreographer Alonzo King's Lines Ballet from San Francisco Photograph: Claudine Quinn Choreographer Alonzo King's Lines Ballet from San Francisco in rehearsal Photograph: Claudine Quinn Grupo Corpo on stage at the Festival theatre Photograph: Claudine Quinn Maori activist Tame Iti, star of Mau's Tempest: Without a Body at the Playhouse Photograph: Claudine Quinn Adding the finishing touches to a dress made out of Edinburgh international festival programmes outside the Usher Hall Photograph: Claudine Quinn End of the party ... Preparations for the festival's closing fireworks Photograph: Claudine Quinn