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The Kaye Hole
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jane Prinsley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 18th Aug, 2019
Shabbat shalom misfits, Reuben Kaye is back in town.
West End Producer – Free Willy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint / Assembly George Square Studios
- 31st Jul - 25th Aug 2019
Join West End Producer as he auditions special guests for his Free Willy musical.
xoxo moongirl
- Review
- ★★★
- Alex Bailey Dillon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 8th Aug, 2019
What’s better than a one-woman show? A one-woman show with a trapeze hanging from the ceiling, like Chekov’s gun over the mantelpiece.
Forest
- Review
- ★★
- Alex Bailey Dillon
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 7th Aug, 2019
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the Forest in question refers to the cast – a fourteen strong group of graduates from the Moscow Art Theatre School.
Christina Bianco: First Impressions
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 6th Aug, 2019
With First Impressions, Christina Bianco further cements her reputation as the First Lady of Impersonation.
Reuben Kaye
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 6th Aug, 2019
Kaye dazzles, a heady combination of eyelashes and rhinestones, a force to be reckoned with as he greets each of his guests on the way in and on the way out of his show.
Goliath in the Water
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 1st - 26th Aug 2019
‘As David fights against Goliath, we live.
Thunderstruck
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Written and performed by David Colvin.
Electric Swing Circus
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 31st Jul - 6th Aug 2019
The Electric Swing Circus is a six-piece live band fusion of classy 20s swing and stomping electro beats.
(I)sland T(rap): The Epic Remixology of the Odyssey
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
Black Ulysses awakens on an exotic island where he seeks refuge from a society rife with gun violence and oppression.
Comète
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 31st Jul - 26th Aug 2019
It’s never too soon to break out the Clash, never too late to submerge in the Beatles.
Misha Glenny: McMafia
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 20th - 26th Aug 2018
Journalist and author Misha Glenny has spent years courageously investigating the most dangerous and sophisticated organised crime networks around the world.
The Jive Aces: Swingin’ the Fringe
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 13th - 15th Aug 2018
The UK’s number one jive and swing band, The Jive Aces are teaming up with the all-dancing, all-singing, all-tapping pinup darlings The Satin Dollz to bring you a swingin’ vintage …
Iconic – A Brief History of Drag
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 12th Aug, 2018
Ian Stroughair delivers an hour of avante guarde post modern drag, with a voice so powerful he should require a license to operate it.
Chris Difford: Some Fantastic Place, My Life in and Out of Squeeze. With Boo Hewerdine
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 6th - 12th Aug 2018
Chris Difford celebrates the release of his autobiography with some very special shows.
Midnight Marauders
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Cabaret’s international riot girl Carla Lippis finally brings her late-night, sleazy rumble to Edinburgh! Featuring the hottest hand-picked acts from across the fringe, plus a live…
Hannah Gadsby – No Bones About It
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Last year Gadsby won every major live comedy award.
Sweet Tango
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Tango-Korean music band, Gena Tango, presents a new look at tango through Korean eyes in a joyful musical experience that combines the urgent passion of Argentinian tango with trad…
Yana Alana – Between the Cracks
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Australia’s favourite feather-ruffling, rabble-rousing, cabaret anarchist and neo-punk diva, Yana Alana bares all in this bent night of blues, boobs and blame.
John Partridge: Stripped
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 1st - 26th Aug 2018
Stripped is a new beginning.
Arlene! The Glitz. The Glamour. The Gossip.
- Review
- ★★★★
- John Murray
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 26th Aug, 2017
Introduced by Jacquie Storey – who once successfully auditioned for the group that later became Hot Gossip (and turned them down) – we first see a short video from The Kenny Ev…
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Club Nights
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 20th - 27th Aug 2017
Former Prime Minister and global cabaret superstar Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho is back – and this time she’s hosting a club night! There’ll be non-stop 80s hits from a non-st…
John Hegley: Peace, Love and Potatoes
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kay Tee
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 18th Aug, 2017
The title of Hegley’s show refers to his latest book, Peace, Love and Potatoes, a perfect example of the juxtaposition between the common and the conceptual found throughout his …
A Little Blue Birdy Told Me
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 14th - 16th Aug 2017
Have you ever been shat on by the blue bird? The great rebirth of public shaming continues to evolve.
Anya Anastasia: Rogue Romantic
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 12th Aug, 2017
There is a woman sprawled across the keys of a grand piano.
Reuben Kaye
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 12th Aug, 2017
Reuben Kaye is a cabaret god; he’ll tell you so himself.
Dancing With the Star – Movin' With Melvin!
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 12th - 19th Aug 2017
Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers.
The Birthday Game With Daniel Norcross
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 7th - 9th Aug 2017
Ever woken up in the night screaming at the revelation that Bruno Tonioli is 61 and wondered what happened to your life? Daniel Norcross has.
Supper Club at Checkpoint
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 4th - 27th Aug 2017
The glitz, the glamour, the good times.
Ensemble SU: The Party
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2017
This quintet crosses international boundaries with its blend of Korean traditional instruments (strings and percussion) and western instruments (cello and piano).
Mikelangelo: Cave – Waits – Cohen
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 2nd - 28th Aug 2017
Acclaimed crooner Mikelangelo (Black Sea Gentlemen, La Clique) takes on three great poets of rock’n’roll: Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen, in a show filled with beauty, powe…
Lady Rizo: Multiplied
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Laurie Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 19th Aug, 2016
“Sleep deprivation is the new LSD” says Lady Rizo, after explaining how she’s gone from “smoky eye” make up to “sleepy eye” in a short 18 months.
Confessions of a Justified Songwriter
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 17th Aug, 2016
Written by John and Gerry Kielty, Confessions of a Justified Songwriter takes us on a journey through the creative processes and struggles of writing music when chasing that elusiv…
Brexit at Tiffany's
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 15th Aug 2016
In the aftershock of the Brexit referendum, what do the world’s funniest folk in comedy have to say about it and other world matters? Join us for one night only of International …
Dancing with the Star! – Movin' with Melvin!
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 13th - 20th Aug 2016
Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers.
In the Wine
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 12th Aug, 2016
As a mournful cello plays, Sarah Gatzonis dances a playful ballet around three sturdy wine barrels.
Phil Nichol: Twenty
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Sophia Charalambous
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 11th Aug, 2016
Phil Nichol is a born entertainer.
Supper Club at Checkpoint
- Review
- ★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 9th Aug, 2016
Assembly’s Supper Club is up against the big, flashy late night circus revues and cabaret shows and sets out to compete with these by presenting many of the very best guest acts …
Naughty Cat and the Cheesy Moon
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 5th - 27th Aug 2016
Naughty Cat is bored.
Grace
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 4th - 28th Aug 2016
Grace is popular, successful and happy, loving her life and her hidden wild side.
Rodney Bewes: Whatever Happened to the Likely Lad, Part Two
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 4th - 29th Aug 2016
An audience with Rodney Bewes.
Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2016
Penny Arcade is a force of nature and NYC’s undisputed underground queen.
Joe Stilgoe: Songs on Film
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2016
Sell-out hit returns! Singer, pianist and entertainer Joe Stilgoe pays tribute to much-loved movies.
Willy's Bitches
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Lucy Baker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 22nd Aug, 2015
An all female cast takes some of the classic soliloquies and scenes from Shakespeare’s work and deliver them in an almost cabaret, review format, with the addition of new contempor…
Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour: Lunch in Cairo
- Review
- ★★
- Cara Ballingall
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 19th Aug, 2015
This double bill of new writing by Tom Coash brings us to Cairo, where we’re welcomed with dates and hookah pipes.
Baby Wants Candy: The Improv All Star Explosion!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 17th - 24th Aug 2015
Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun.
Baby Wants Candy: The Graduation Show
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 17th - 24th Aug 2015
The Graduation Show is where BWC’s Fringe Improv Intensive Workshop students strut their stuff in a showcase performance having learnt long-form improv from the finest! Find out …
John Lloyd: Emperor of the Prawns
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Anton Kudryashov Jr.
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 12th Aug, 2015
John Lloyd: Emperor of the Prawns is billed as an hour of comedy, but turns out to be so much more.
Nina Simone: Soul Sessions
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Conor Matchett
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 12th Aug, 2015
“Gospel is the music of the soul” says Apphia Campbell midway through her romp into the music of Nina Simone.
Die Roten Punkte – Haus Party
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 9th - 23rd Aug 2015
For the first time, Die Roten Punkte’s Otto and Astrid bring their late night cult hit to Edinburgh! A ganz-toll line-up of musical comedy, variety and party game madness from Berl…
Movin' Melvin Brown: Me, Ray Charles and Sammy Davis Jr
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 8th - 31st Aug 2015
Melvin is a toe-tapping throwback to the golden era of song and dance men.
Under the Ground
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 7th - 31st Aug 2015
A brand new musical following the seemingly simple journey of a girl on a single Glasgow Subway car.
Smoke and Mirrors
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 7th - 30th Aug 2015
Calculating the stocks of our emotional economy, Smoke and Mirrors weaves acrobatic exploitations and high flying distortions to examine the contorted state of America in the pursu…
Miss Behave's Gameshow
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 6th - 29th Aug 2015
A renegade Gameshow for the austerity generation.
Oh Là Là! Starring Isabelle Georges
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 6th - 30th Aug 2015
Fantastique and féline, Parisian cabaret star Isabelle Georges returns with her trademark soaring vocals, theatrical delivery and a stunning five-piece band.
Dame Diana Rigg: No Turn Unstoned
- Review
- ★★★
- Laura Mac
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 31st Aug, 2014
It was an interesting prospect to write about Dame Diana Rigg’s Edinburgh Fringe debut (at the age of seventy-six), in which she muses on the role of the theatre critic.
Baby Wants Candy Workshops
- Review
- ★★★★
- Vyvyan Almond
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 24th Aug, 2014
American improv comedy troupe Baby Wants Candy are among the most familiar veterans of the Fringe.
New Zealand Music Showcase
- Review
- ★★★★
- Dave House
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 24th Aug, 2014
The New Zealand Music Showcase is a great way to see some of New Zealand’s greatest artists here at the fringe.
The Velma Celli Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2014
Direct from London’s Hippodrome Casino, cabaret star Velma Celli presents an evening of all things fabulous and diva.
Divallusion with Christina Bianco and Velma Celli
- Review
- ★★★★
- Stewart McLaren
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 16th Aug, 2014
Christina Bianco has become a bit of a YouTube sensation on our shores with her fantastic renditions of female singers.
The Electric Swing Circus
- Review
- ★★★★
- Milo Boyd
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 16th Aug, 2014
The Electric Swing Circus are a double female fronted six-piece bringing a mish-mash of art funk and ‘50s jive to the opulent halls of the Assembly Checkpoint.
Lady Rizo
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 16th Aug, 2014
Lady Rizo has quickly become a darling of the Edinburgh Fringe.
The After Party with Alex Rossi and the Rhythmic Circus Band
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 10th - 24th Aug 2014
Alex Rossi and friends roll a mash-up of traditional blues, the swagger of hip-hop and the high energy of rock’n’roll into three funky hours of music. Special Fringe guests!
Joe Stilgoe: Songs On Film
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gordon Noele
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 8th Aug, 2014
Joe Stilgoe and his excellent band create a wonderful atmosphere with their musical stylings, charming personalities, and atmospheric lighting.
Russell Kane: The Kaneing Podcast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hamish Hartnoll
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 8th Aug, 2014
Russell Kane sparks back into action with a new format, anchoring a podcast about various news stories from the last few days.
In Vogue: Songs by Madonna
- Review
- ★★★★
- Faith-Ashleigh Wong
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 5th Aug, 2014
If you struggle to believe that a grown man with a deep baritone can convince you that he is in fact Madonna, be prepared to suspend your disbelief.
Janis Joplin: Full Tilt
- Review
- ★★★★
- Andy Currums
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 5th Aug, 2014
Grab your feather boas, slug down a bottle of Jack Daniels in one and prepare yourself for this rocking, superb and moving show.
The Ruby Dolls: Fabulous Creatures
- Review
- ★★★★
- Grace Knight
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 2nd Aug, 2014
The first original musical from The Ruby Dolls is a triumph.
FLASH/BANG!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 1st - 23rd Aug 2014
From the team behind the legendary Bongo Club Cabaret, the longest running and most successful late night variety show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, comes FLASH/BANG! Unlike a …
Larry Dean: Bampot
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint / Assembly George Square Studios
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2018
Fresh from a sell-out international tour and smash-hit Live at the Apollo debut, Larry returns with a new hour of ‘unexpected and excellent’ **** (Times) thoughts on Scottishness, …
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