Companies

The Festival & Assembly
Assembly runs the most successful and prestigious venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Established 28 years ago, Assembly is world renowned for presenting a varied programme of award-winning international comedy, theatre, music, art and dance. We have theatre spaces in some of the most beautiful, prestigious and historic buildings in Edinburgh.
Assembly hosts the biggest names, has the most ticket sales, attracts the largest audiences and provides the best opportunities for brand exposure locally, nationally and internationally.
Over £3.2 million of tickets were sold in 2007 for more than 140 productions attracting audiences of excess of 320,000 people.
Assemblys programme of events runs from 10am to 3.30am with exhibitions, cafés, five public bars, as well as the famous Club Bar 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 1000
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 Festival is home to the largest and most comprehensive Arts and Entertainment Festival 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. Attracts 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, Fringe programme and Daily Diary.

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