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Assembly Theatre

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About Me

Assembly is the largest and prestigious organisation running venues at the Edinburgh Festival. Established over 27 years ago, Assembly is renowned for presenting every August award-winning programmes of international comedy, theatre, music, children’s and dance shows. Everybody from Lenny Henry, Christian Slater to Spike Milligan have performed at Assembly.
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My Interests

The best theatre, dance, comedy, kid's shows and music in the world. We like showcasing new talent at the Edinburgh Festival, supporting international work, the wacky, the wonderful, the happy, the sad. We want to open your eyes to new things and dazzle your senses. We love August in Edinburgh - it's mental!!!

I'd like to meet:


Anyone interested in the arts - actors, directors, tech staff, musicians, theatre-goers, music lovers, comedians, etc. etc. etc.

Music:

We'll try anything. Pretty fond of the Ukelele Orchestra and Dougie Maclean.

Movies:

Anything Scottish

Television:

Anything Scottish and on STV

Books:

Scottish books

Heroes:

William Burdett-Coutts

My Blog

Scotsman Fringe First and Herald Angel Awards a gogo!

It's only the start of week 2 of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2007 and already Assembly is picking up awards. The Scotsman Fringe First Awards were set up to celebrate the best new writing on the Fr...
Posted by Assembly Theatre on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:29:00 PST

Assembly's exciting 2007 programme

Hello festival lovers,Assembly is proud to announce that the 2007 programme will be unleashed in full on Saturday 23rd June. Either pick up a copy of the brochure in The Scotsman, or visit our new we...
Posted by Assembly Theatre on Thu, 24 May 2007 11:42:00 PST

Herald Angels, Russell Brand, Music at Assembly and Jerry Sadowitz returns!

Another exciting day at Assembly Rooms, as Australian comedy trio The Kransky Sisters just won a Herald Angel Award for We Dont Have Husbands. The show is combines darkly funny stories of the sisters ...
Posted by Assembly Theatre on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:13:00 PST

Sex & The City star at Assembly, more awards for Assembly shows and this weekend's highlights

We are pleased to announce that the Assembly Rooms have won two more coveted Scotsman Fringe First Awards this week for Clean Alternatives and Tom Crean - Antarctic Explorer. Clean Alternatives is a ...
Posted by Assembly Theatre on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:07:00 PST

Late night weekends and Amnesty benefit gig

We now have three comedy nights running from midnight including Best of the Fest, which offers a smorgasboard of talented comedians from venues around the festival, Laughapoolooza, which showcases co...
Posted by Assembly Theatre on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:09:00 PST

Scotsman Fringe Award Winners at Assembly

Assembly Rooms are very excited to be able to say that two of our shows won Fringe Firsts in the first week of the awards. The Fringe First Awards are to recognise new and exciting work on the Fringe ...
Posted by Assembly Theatre on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:29:00 PST

Theatrical delights and top five comedy picks!

We thought we'd write a Blog today about some of the wonderful pieces of theatre going on here at the Assembly Rooms. We always like to think of ourselves as the "National Theatre of the Fringe" becau...
Posted by Assembly Theatre on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:37:00 PST

Kylie dances with Havana Rumba, Spymonkey need a dummy, and WBC rolls up his sleeves at the bar

Phew! The big news today is that the Princess of Pop herself, Kylie Minogue appeared on stage last night in Assembly Rooms, St George West with the dancers of of Havana Rumba - click here to see a pho...
Posted by Assembly Theatre on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:44:00 PST

First day of the festival - All-day entertainment!

Friday was our first day and boy was it busy in here. Audiences came flooding in enjoying previews of all our shows. All four Assembly venues - Assembly Hall, George Street, George Street West and Que...
Posted by Assembly Theatre on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 09:50:00 PST

The Assembly Gala Press Launch

Welcome to the second blog of the festival and the big news today is the Assembly Gala Press Launch, which is happening tonight at the Assembly Hall. The night is totally sold out, but all the acts fe...
Posted by Assembly Theatre on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:08:00 PST