Assembly at the Edinburgh Fringe
Among Edinburgh Fringe venues, Assembly is perhaps one of the most famous and recognisable brands, and has earned a reputation for innovation and excellence in the performance arts.
William Burdett-Coutts, Assembly's grey-haired director, the "grand-daddy of the Fringe", has steered the organisation for three decades from a single venue with a couple of handfuls of staff.
In 2009, Assembly's Fringe programme continues to be focused on its two main venues - Assembly Hall and its original venue at the Assembly Rooms (aka Assembly @ George Street).
Assembly's 2009 venues are:
Assembly @ Royal Botanic Garden
Assembly @ 7 Holyrood Road
Tickets for all the Assembly venues can be booked at one single box office number or on its web site:
Box office telephone (0131) 623 3030
Web site www.assemblyfestival.com
Assembly Scales Back Venues
In 2008, due to financial losses in 2007, Assembly was operating just 3 venues under the Assembly banner. Assembly's Expansion in 2007, to 8 venues with some 600 staff (not including the additional 500 people working on the shows themselves), proved to be too much.
Among those venues axed was its Aurora Nova contemporary dance programme at St. Stephen's Church and comedy at the Edinburgh Comedy Room.
Universal Arts continued with two other former Assembly venues: