Based at Assembly Roxy, Assembly Festival is part of the Edinburgh Fringe. It is the longest running of the curated multi-venue operators, chalking up some 40 years.
According to the Assembly website: “Assembly was born in 1981 when founder and artistic director William Burdett-Coutts took on the iconic Assembly Rooms to host several shows at the Fringe. This concept of a curated hub, or festival within a festival, proved a hit and set the mould for countless others to follow.”
An impressive list of now household names launched their careers on an Assembly stage, including Eddie Izzard, Jo Brand, Bill Bailey and Sandi Toksvig.
