Over 50 theatre shows have been announced as part of Assembly's offerings for the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe. The world's largest arts festival takes over the Scottish city this summer August 2-28.
Among this year's theatre offerings are Alison Skilbeck's Uncommon Ground; an imagined afterlife for Shakespeare's characters in Hello, The Hell: Othello; and Mythos: Ragnarok, which weaves ancient legends with professional wrestling. Others include the return of 2022 shows Watson: The Final Problem for Sherlock Holmes fans and Salamander, which was inspired by the unsolved 1983 murder of a sex worker.
Assembly is one of the most recognized and longest-established presenters and venue operators at the Fringe, as its Founding Director William Burdett-Coutts was the first to try out the idea of a curated hub of several shows in 1981. The idea was a success, and has since become an integral characteristic of the Fringe.
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This year, Playbill will be going to Edinburgh in August for the festival and we’re taking you with us. Follow along with us this spring and summer as we cover every single aspect of the Fringe! Playbill has co-sponsored the Fringe's new app for this summer's festival, and has announced the FringeShip—a floating hotel that will expand on the experience of Fringe in 2024.
Take a look at the full list of Assembly offerings below.
Shows are listed in the following format: Title | Time of Performance | Dates of Run | Venue
1984 | 6:55 | Aug 18-28 | Roxy Upstairs
A Midsummer Night's Dream | 2:00 | Aug 19-20 | Treehouse
Alison Skilbeck's Uncommon Ground | 12:40 PM | Aug 3-26 | Front Room
ALONE | 3:20 AM | Aug 4-28 | Studio One
An Afternoon with the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield, 1995 | 1:00 PM | Aug 3-27 | Drawing Room
André & Dorine | 3:15 PM | Aug 7-20 | Ballroom
Appraisal | 11:10 AM | Aug 3-28 | Studio Two
Artist/Muse | 12:25 PM | Aug 3-28 | Studio Five
Be My Guest | 2:20 PM | Aug 2-28 | The Box
Blood of the Lamb | 2:10 PM | Aug 3-26 | Front Room
Blue | 5:05 PM | Aug 2-28 | The Box
Breaking the Castle | 10:50 AM | Aug 4-27 | Front Room
DARLING BOY | 7:45 PM | Aug 4-16 | Underground
Dom - The Play | 5:20 PM | Aug 3-27 | Ballroom
Don Quixote | 4:05 PM | Aug 2-15 | Studio Two
Dre Spisto: El Dizzy Beast | 10:30 PM | Aug 15-27 | Studio Four
GUSH | 7:20 PM | Aug 16-28 | The Crate
Hive | 4:35 PM | Aug 2-15 | Roxy Downstairs
Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked | 7:15 PM | Aug 3-27 | Ballroom
In Everglade Studio | 1:00 PM | Aug 2-28 | The Box
Jacob Storms' Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams | 5:05 PM | Aug 3-27 | Front Room
JM Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K | 12:00 PM | Aug 3-28 | Main Hall
KING | 6:30 PM | Aug 4-27 | Assembly @ Dancebase
Kravitz, Cohen, Bernstein and Me | 7:00 PM | Aug 3-27 | Drawing Room
Layers | 12:20 PM | Aug 3-28 | Roxy Downstairs
Lena | 12:30 PM | Aug 3-28 | Gordon Aikman Theatre
Lost Soles | 4:30 PM | Aug 2-28 | Roxy Central
Manifest Destiny's Child | 2:35 PM | Aug 3-27 | Drawing Room
My Father's Nose | 4:25 PM | Aug 4-26 | Front Room
Mythos: Ragnarok | 9:20 PM | Aug 2-28 | Roxy Central
Of Moonset and the Milky Way | 4:35 PM | Aug 17-27 | Roxy Downstairs
Otto & Astrid's Joint Solo Project | 7:25 PM | Aug 2-27 | Piccolo
Picasso: Le Monstre Sacré | 12:45 PM | Aug 3-28 | Roxy Upstairs
Raising Kane | 12:00 PM | Aug 3-28 | Studio Four
Salamander | 6:55 PM | Aug 2-16 | Roxy Upstairs
Shadow Kingdom | 11:15 AM | Aug 3-28 | Roxy Upstairs
Shadow Boxing | 2:35 PM | Aug 2-20 | Studio Two
Shortlist | 1:15 PM | Aug 2-28 | The Crate
Split Lip | 1:45 PM | Aug 2-28 | Roxy Downstairs
stark bollock naked | 3:10 PM | Aug 2-28 | Roxy Downstairs
Temping | Various | Aug 8-27 | The Cubicle
The Devil's Passion | 1:20 PM | Aug 12-27 | Studio One
The Hunger | 1:10 PM | Aug 2-28 | Studio Four
The Imitator | 5:30 PM | Aug 3-26 | Bijou
THE ROSENBERG/STRANGE FRUIT PROJECT | 3:30 PM | Aug 3-26 | Front Room
The Stronger | 5:35 PM | Aug 3-27 | Drawing Room
This Is Not A Play (It's A Pathetic Cry For Help) | 6:05 PM | Aug 2-13 | Studio Five
Tomorrow's Child | 11:40 AM | Aug 3-28 | Checkpoint
Wasteman | 6:00 PM | Aug 4-28 | Underground
Watson: The Final Problem | 3:15 PM | Aug 3-28 | Studio Four
Wildcat's Last Waltz | 7:45 PM | Aug 3-26 | Front Room
What Girls Are Made Of | 1:00 PM | Aug 3-27 | Ballroom
For Assembly's full offerings, visit AssemblyFestival.com.
