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 some 27 years, from a single venue with a couple of handfuls of staff up to a stable of 8 venues with some 600 staff. This army of bodies is augmented by an estimated 500 or so more people that arrive each year in the city to put on the various live shows at the Assembly venues.
In 2008, Assembly is not running its Aurora Nova contemporary dance programme at St. Stephen's Church, nor comedy at the Edinburgh Comedy Room.
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
The venues are: