Shows at Assembly Hall

Comic Relief Live!

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
18th Aug 2025

For one night only, Comic Relief Live! is back.

Cirque Kalabanté: WOW (World of Words)

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
31st Jul - 25th Aug 2025

Wow.

360 ALLSTARS

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
31st Jul - 25th Aug 2025

Sold out on Broadway! Sold out at the Sydney Opera House! Seen by over two million people worldwide! BMX, basketball, breakdancing, beatboxing, acrobatics, drumming and more, 360 A…

Jason Byrne: Head in the Clouds

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
31st Jul - 24th Aug 2025

Where does he get it all from? A common phrase heard outside Jason Byrne’s show as the crowd leave with utter joy in their hearts.

Ten Thousand Hours

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
31st Jul - 24th Aug 2025

Festival favourites Gravity and Other Myths return with their international smash hit, Ten Thousand Hours.

Swamplesque

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
31st Jul - 24th Aug 2025

The hottest ticket of Fringe 2024.

The Genesis

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
31st Jul - 25th Aug 2025

Experience a breathtaking acrobatic journey, as 17 internationals unite to celebrate the spirit of Edinburgh Fringe through the joys of human connection.

Assembly Gala Launch supported by Aubin

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
30th Jul 2025

Assembly’s Gala celebrates the opening of our 2025 programme of over 230 shows.

Milton Jones: Ha!Milton

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
12th - 25th Aug 2024

This is not a musical.

Best of the Fest

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
2nd - 24th Aug 2024

The best mixed-bill comedy night in Edinburgh, featuring your favourite comedians from around the Fringe.

ARI: The Spirit of Korea

As we walk into the venue and start finding our seats, some of the cast members are walking around the theatre, warmly greeting everyone.

360 ALLSTARS

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
1st - 26th Aug 2024

Sold out on Broadway! Sold out at the Sydney Opera House! Seen by over one million people worldwide! BMX, basketball, breakdancing, beatboxing, acrobatics, drumming and more, 360 A…

Ten Thousand Hours

There’s a much-touted theory that practising any skill for 10,000 hours is sufficient to become an expert.

Afrique en Cirque

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
1st - 26th Aug 2024

Afrique en Cirque.

Swamplesque

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I’d witness some of my favourite childhood characters as burlesque dancers in tiny sparkly underwear and adorned with nipple tassels.

Jason Byrne: NO SHOW

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
1st - 25th Aug 2024

There’s no show like a Jason Byrne NO SHOW.

Assembly Gala Launch

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
31st Jul 2024

Assembly’s Gala celebrates the opening of our 2024 programme of over 190 shows.

Adam Kay: Undoctored – This is Going to Hurt... More

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
26th Aug 2023

The nation’s twelfth-favourite doctor returns for his first month at the Fringe since 2016.

Best of the Fest

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
4th - 26th Aug 2023

The best mixed-bill comedy night in Edinburgh, featuring your favourite comedians from around the Fringe.

JM Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K

Puppetry arguably reached a new level of realism and sophistication with War Horse.

Jason Byrne: The Ironic Bionic Man

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
3rd - 27th Aug 2023

We can rebuild him! Jason is officially Bionic – ironically of course – as Jason, the accident prone, general unfortunate gobshite (to no want of his own) is now half man, half…

360 ALLSTARS

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
3rd - 28th Aug 2023

Sold out on Broadway! Sold out at the Sydney Opera House! Seen by over one-million people worldwide! BMX, basketball, breakdancing, beatboxing, acrobatics, drumming and more, 360 A…

Frank Skinner: 30 Years of Dirt

In Frank Skinner's Thirty Years of Dirt (a clever pun I shamefully only just got this second), Skinner proves exactly what makes him such a dab hand at this comedy malarkey.

Afrique en Cirque

My friend greets me in the queue, waving her ticket in the air.

Matador

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
3rd - 27th Aug 2023

Inspired by a tale as old as time, Matador is a fiery fusion of burlesque, dance and jaw-dropping circus acts.

Kyiv City Ballet

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
3rd - 28th Aug 2023

A Tribute to Peace.

Assembly Gala Launch

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
2nd Aug 2023

Assembly’s Gala celebrates the opening of our 2023 programme of over 190 shows.

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen

Fern Brady is here to speak for autistic women who happen to be hot – selflessly giving a voice to the voiceless (or just a very specific group that might not have thought to ide…

The Wrestling

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
23rd Aug 2022

It’s back.

Best of the Fest

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
5th - 28th Aug 2022

The best mixed-bill comedy night in Edinburgh, featuring your favourite comedians from around the Fringe.

360 ALLSTARS

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
4th - 29th Aug 2022

The international smash hit returns! Sold out on Broadway! Sold out at the Sydney Opera House! Seen by over one million people worldwide! A phenomenal physical performance explorin…

Beats on Pointe

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
4th - 28th Aug 2022

Direct from Australia, this is a non-stop, fun-filled show for everyone, bringing you an exciting commercial blend of electric entertainment fusing modern and old-school street-dan…

Peppa Pig – My First Concert

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
4th - 21st Aug 2022

From Mozart to Muddy Puddles! Peppa Pig – My First Concert is a fun interactive introduction to a live orchestra with everyone’s favourite Pig family! Join Peppa as she discovers…

Rouge

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
4th - 21st Aug 2022

Circus for grown ups – a decadent blend of sensational acrobatics, operatic cabaret and twisted burlesque.

Muse

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Assembly Hall
4th - 28th Aug 2022

What does it mean to be a woman? Muse attempts to answer this question circus style! There’s hardly just one answer and exploring the question calls for some.

Rose McGowan: Planet 9

It needs to be said, you must go into this show with an open mind.

Choir of Man

A poetic and poignant piece of storytelling; Choir of Man hit all the right notes in a story of brotherhood, the archetypical pub and the importance of community.

Paris de Nuit

There appears, these days, to be an almost apologetic desire among directors and producers to find ways of presenting traditional circus acrobatics and high-wire acts with some add…

What Girls Are Made Of

Scruffy indie kids have inherited the world and Cora Bissett rules supreme.

Blizzard

Breath-taking, Blizzard produced by Flip Fabrique from Quebec, is so much more than a circus show.

Legacy: The Book of Names

At first glance The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's two collaborative productions with the American Music Theatre Project may seem remarkably similar to last year's pair.

Legacy: A Mother's Song

Legacy: A Mother’s Song, one of two devised musicals under the ‘Legacy’ banner at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is the distinctly less crowd-pleasing of the pair.

Really Want to Hurt Me

Self identity, depression, sexual awakenings and The Smiths are all topics central to writer/director Ben SantaMaria’s incredibly touching and heartfelt play about growing up gay…

The Approach

This simple and significant piece of theatre commences with three women each sat forebodingly on chairs at various points of the stage, as an ear-scratching soundtrack creates a ba…

Attrape Moi

There is nothing so delightful as watching something you assume to be impossible done before your eyes.

Briefs: Close Encounters

I was lucky enough to be in the audience when Briefs made their Fringe debut at the Gilded Balloon back in 2011.

Chamber Pot Opera

This isn’t an eccentric metaphor or a pseudonym for a filthy cabaret, it is exactly what it says.

Atlantic: America and the Great War

There is beautiful music at the heart of Atlantic: America & The Great War.

Seven Crazy Bitches

Shakespeare may have had his seven ages of man but Holly Morgan presents the seven ages of (wo)man in Seven Crazy Bitches, a ‘standing up cabaret’ or ‘standaret’ performanc…

Velvet Evening Séance

As we enter the shadowy theatre of Assembly Hall we see an imposing set of gallows upon which a young man sits shackled as a lone pianist plays quiet discordant music.

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel begins with a witty satire about the calamitous circus show that was the recent Tory election campaign, setting the tone for this solid left-wing stand-up show.

Kokdu: The Soul Mate

Kokdu: Soul Mate is physical theatre with charm, humour and a supernatural frisson inspired by Korean shamanistic rites and belief in the Kokdu, a spirit guide who accompanies the …

Gratiano

In Gratiano, a forgettable side character from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice steps on stage for an hour for a solo show about heroes, villains, nobodies and the rise of fa…

The Fall

In a month where white supremacists have marched through the streets over Charlottesville in protest against the removal of a Confederate statue, there could not be a more relevant…

Sigma

Four shrouded women take to the stage.

Soweto Gospel Choir

The Soweto Gospel Choir was formed in 2002 and embraces the diverse music of South Africa, a country with eleven official languages and subsequent communities.

China Goes Pop!

China Goes Pop is an action-packed hour for all the family to enjoy; full of acrobatics held together by a simple love story between two of the performers.

Milton Jones is Out There

Milton Jones is a true wordsmith, often dubbed the master of the one-liner, he is absolutely true to form in his latest Edinburgh Fringe offering.

Into the Woods

Fairytales don’t really make much sense.

Jason Byrne: The Man with Three Brains

Jason Byrne is no stranger to festival stand-up, or festival audiences, and he has returned once again to Scotland’s capital with his new tour, The Man with Three Brains (althoug…

My Real Life

Noel has multiple sclerosis.

Tony Law: A Law Undo His-elf What Welcome

Sometimes you wonder if you need the context of a previous comedian’s shows to really ‘get’ their most recent work.

Attrape Moi

Quebecois circus group Flip Fabrique fill the massive Assembly Hall with awe and joy at their contemporary circus skills.

Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London

Five-star performance in a three-star play.

My Leonard Cohen

My Leonard Cohen is, above all, very, very fun.

Wilde Without the Boy

It’s indefatigably Wilde.

Love for Sale

The title song, by Cole Porter, makes an appearance part way through the second half of this narrativised collection of numbers, and really speaks of the character’s ultimate sta…

Last Dream (on Earth)

While categorised in the Fringe programme under theatre, this work – created and directed by Kai Fischer with contributions from its cast – is certainly not a play, at least in…

How is Uncle John?

How Is Uncle John? is a story about the relationship of mother and daughter: of protector and protected, and of victim and survivor.

The Unknown Soldier

Centenary productions saturate the Fringe, yet the conceit at the heart of The Unknown Soldier puts it slightly above the masses.

Jason Byrne is Propped Up

The varied and chancing comedy of Jason Byrne sees his fringe expose arrive as largely hit and miss.

Mark Steel's in Toon

This year Mark Steel aims to give a brief overview of the cities and sights of Scotland.

360 Allstars

If you’re looking for cool at this year’s Fringe, look no further.

Glasgow Girls

2005.

David O'Doherty: Big Time

Based on a gauge adapted from his previous call-centre telemarketing experience, David O’Doherty rates being a professional stand-up as an eight out of ten, with two points dropp…

9 to 5

Over the past few years, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland haven’t failed to impress me with their performances at the Fringe and this year is no exception.

Adam Hills: Clown Heart

If you like your comedy dark and edgy then walk away my friend, Adam Hills is not for you.

Best of the Fest

This comedy showcase features a rotating lineup that changes daily, and is available both during the day and at midnight.

Milton Jones and the Temple of Daft

Known for his deadpan delivery of pun-filled one-liners, Milton Jones returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his latest show, The Temple of Daft.

Wilde Without the Boy

This is a haunting and powerful solo show that lingers with you long after leaving the theatre, sticking closely to Oscar Wilde’s signature style: simultaneously intellectual and…

The Man Called Monkhouse

Bob Monkhouse was a complicated and enigmatic man.

The Turn of the Screw

An adaptation of the classic gothic horror by Henry James, this show promises chills and thrills but didn’t send too many shivers up my spine.

be-dom: The Beat Bang!

Going to a percussion based show at the Fringe could go one of two ways: it’ll either be a case of just watching people hit things for an hour, or it’ll be a veritable fiesta f…

360 ALLSTARS

This show has the kind of title that gets you feeling excited right away.

My Name is Saoirse

Set in an attic sewing room, Saoirse’s life is presented to us as a form of patchwork quilt.

Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas

“Just go with the magic,” says one of the three singers on stage to a slightly reluctant compatriot.

A Fine Line

As Rita (Judith Paris) carefully sorts through the trunk packed with artefacts from her past, she recounts the tale of her evolving friendship with Angie, her childhood playmate an…

Traces

Traces has been amazing audiences around the world for nigh on a decade; it is a testament to the visual and theatrical power of the show that it’s lasted as long as it has.

Urinetown

Glasgow based Royal Conservatoire are now in their 11th year of performing in the Fringe with their masters level students and Urinetown is one of this year’s offerings from them.

Le Gateau Chocolat: Black

Le Gateau Chocolat is an experienced and highly talented performer, with several successful cabaret shows under his belt.

PAN

PAN, the Korean word for festival, is a showcase of traditional dance and drumming and forms an eye-opening if not always compelling introduction to the country’s performance.

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion

John R.

Jim Davidson: No Further Action

Everybody, it seems, has a view on comedian Jim Davidson.

Burton

The tiny venue was packed so tight for the opening performance of Burton no one in the audience dared breathe.

Pennyroyal

This is one for all the lads who have ever had girlfriends problems, all the lassies who have had to put up with boyfriends, and anyone who likes tea.

The Height of the Eiffel Tower

A pregnant 16-year-old who drinks too much; a gullible, ditsy hand model; a rambling geek with poor social skills; a meathead with too many STDs.

Haka

There’s nothing more spectacular than watching Maori people perform one of their traditional war chants, the Haka, live.

True Brits

True Brits is an unusually subtle and warm one man show.

Neel Kolhatkar in GENeration comedY

Neel Kolhatker is a young Australian comic whose material, implicit in the name, is based on his observations about issues affecting his generation.

Title and Deed by Will Eno

Plays by leading contemporary playwrights are becoming more common at the Fringe.

Elephant Room

If you’re bored of the type of magic that always produces the same old tropes (predictable card tricks, dull magician banter in matching suits, tired efforts to build an air of m…

The Factory

Set in 1970s New Zealand, The Factory by Kila Kokonut Krew is a heartwarming and exuberant musical about the Samoan migrant experience.

The Addams Family

The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.

Rhythmic Circus: Feet Don't Fail Me Now

Their explosive opening truly astounded the crowd, as a seven-piece live funk band and four homegrown Minneapolis hoofers hit the stage.

50 Shades! The Musical. The Original Parody

Who needs a man when you have 50 Shades of Grey? This certainly became the chain of thought for millions of women across the UK as they sheepishly dashed out to stores to grab a…

Simon Callow in Juvenalia

Juvenal is most likely a familiar name to many people and yet very few would claim to know much about him.

Goose (An Odd New One-Man Comedy Whodunit)

How do you go about describing Goose (An Odd One-Man Comedy Whodunnit)? It’s one of those shows that you just have to see with your own eyes to understand it’s sheer awesomenes…

Jason Byrne in You Name the Show

This year, Jason Byrne has decided to do away with racking his brain on what to name his show.

The Zulu

In early 1879, the British Empire suffered its worst ever defeat at the hands of an indigenous people.

The Confessions of Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown was, according to the blurb for this show, our greatest failing as a Prime Minister in 200 years.

Dylan Thomas: Clown in the Moon

Dylan Thomas’ life often seems made for drama, partly because the man himself was such an actor, both in onstage performances of his poetry and in his daily life, and partly becaus…

I'm Not Pale, I'm Dead

Ever wondered what a conversation with a real-life ghost would be like? In this interesting take on the supernatural genre, writer/performer Lydia Nicholson shows her afterlife i…

In The Window

If you think a play about the suicide attempt of a woman of a certain age appeals only to a very particular demographic familiar with a very particular mental state, think again.