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The Festival & Assembly
Assembly runs the most successful and prestigious venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Established 29 years ago, Assembly is world renowned for presenting a programme of award-winning comedy, theatre, music, art and dance from all around the world. We have theatre spaces in some of the most beautiful, prestigious and historic buildings in Edinburgh.
Assembly hosts entertainment's biggest names, attracts the largest audiences and provides the best opportunities for brand exposure locally, nationally and internationally.
Over £2.5 million of tickets were sold in 2008 for more than 100 productions attracting audiences of excess of 230,000 people.
Assembly's programme of events runs from 10am to 3.30am with exhibitions, cafés, five public bars, as well as the famous Supper Club where critics, performers and guests alike can party and relax into the small hours of the morning.
Edinburgh Administration Office (June - Oct)
Assembly Theatre
2/2, 50 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2LE
Tel: 0131 623 3000
Fax: 0131 623 3001
Email: info@assemblyfestival.com
London Administration Office (Nov - May)
Assembly Theatre
Riverside Studios
Crisp Road
London
W6 9RL
Tel: 0208 237 1086
Fax: 0208 237 1071
Email:info@assemblyfestival.com
The Edinburgh Festival
"The Edinburgh Festival is to festivals what Wimbledon is to tennis" The Stage
Edinburgh is home to the largest and most comprehensive Arts and Entertainment Festivals in the world. It is an Olympic scale event staged every year and is made up of a number of different festivals, each with their own structure.
- The Edinburgh International Festival
- The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- The Edinburgh Book Festival
- The Edinburgh Military Tattoo
- The Edinburgh Film Festival
Assembly is a major part of The Fringe which is now, by far, the largest part of all the Festivals and has become the greatest showcase in the world for live work. It began as a spontaneous addition to the first Edinburgh International Festival in 1947, a kind of polite protest by the more adventurous elements of the arts against what they saw as "the Establishment" and has grown to the point where it now takes over more than a hundred venues in the city and plays to an audience of more than a million people.
The Fringe Society
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is co-ordinated by the Fringe Society. The society does not run venues or promote shows as it is a charitable entity. The primary functions of the Fringe Society are to:
- Provide advice and information about all aspects of appearing as a company at the Fringe.
- Attract groups to Edinburgh and provide them with marketing and a central box office.
- Publicises all events on at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a central website, the Fringe programme and Daily Diaries.
The Festival Fringe Society produces booklets which provide helpful information about all aspects of bringing a show to the Fringe. Either visit their website www.edfringe.com for more information contact:
The Festival Fringe Society
180 High Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1QS
Tel: +44 (0) 131 226 0026
Fax: +44 (0) 131 226 0016
Email: admin@edfringe.com Web: www.edfringe.com |
