Assembly Roxy Listings

Upcoming shows at the Assembly Roxy

Assembly Roxy
Assembly Roxy, 2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 9SU. Phone booking: 0131 623 3030
Website: www.assemblyfestival.com/roxy/

Assembly Roxy

The decommissioned church is the year-round Edinburgh home of Assembly Festival. It has three main spaces. Roxy Upstairs is a theatre space with raked seating for up to 169 audience members and Roxy Downstairs is a more intimate studio space seating up to 60 people. Roxy Central retains the building’s original features with added stage and a bar areas. It is a flexible space, seating up to 250.

Click on the name of the show or the Book Here link to go to its ticketing site.

2026

Tender (Harry Baker)
Sat 14 Mar 2026
Daily: 8pm; Sat/Sun mats: 2pm.(Central).
World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker brings his characteristic warmth, wit and wonder to new parenthood. From introducing his baby to a horse for the first time, to trying to work out if the GP really did drop them on purpose to test their reflexes, Tender contains poems from the first hundred days of new life and celebrates all of the euphoria, panic and vulnerability that come with it. Book here.

Crimes of the Heart (Strawmoddie)
Thurs 19 – Sun 22 Mar 2026
Thurs – Sat: 7.30pm; Sun: 2.30pm.(Upstairs).
Sisters, Lenny, Meg and Babe, await news of from the local hospital of the demise of their grandfather, the family patriarch. Their troubles, grave yet somehow hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by Babe’s awkward young lawyer. Honest, touching and consistently hilarious, Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern Noir teems with humanity and humour. Book here.

April 2026

Reasons to be Pretty (Locked In Thought)
Wed 1 – Sun 4 April 2026
Daily: 7.30pm.(Upstairs)
Up-and-coming local theatre company Locked In Thought Productions with Neil LaBute’s captivating drama that strikes at the heart of our modern obsession with physical appearance. Four friends grapple with love, lust, and failing relationships, navigating a world where being “pretty” carries more weight than it should; A raw dissection of vanity, insecurity, and the fragile mirrors we use to define our self-worth. Book here.

Dystopia The Rock Opera (Beldon Haigh)
Sat 11 Apr 2026
One performance: 8pm.
Step into Dystopia, where a renegade prison-band of traitors, tyrants and delusional demagogues – including Touchy Trump, Polonium Putin and the ineffably sequinned and quiffed Kim Jong Elvis – drag us on a gloriously unhinged journey from darkness into blinding floodlights, from austerity to imaginary abundance, and from fear-ridden obedience to something dangerously resembling hope. Book here.

Purcell, The Musical (The Telling)
Sun 26 Apr 2026
One performance: 7.30pm (Upstairs).
1695: in his final illness, composer Henry Purcell (Niall Ashdown) is suffering from feverish dream-like hallucinations in which the past, present and fantasy collide, and his songs take on a life of their own. His bedroom is transformed into a theatre and Purcell revisits his past including his childhood memories of the Great Fire of London and his early romance with his wife. Book here.

Off The Rails (PPP)
By: Stephanie MacGaraidh
Wed 29 Apr – Sun 3 May 2026
Daily: 1pm; Thurs eve: 6pm.(Upstairs).
Maggie has had enough. When her childhood nemesis appears at the door on the morning of her 30th birthday, she gives in to impulse and takes drastic action. A witty, uplifting musical using original songs, a loop station and a host of colourful characters to tell the story of an unconventional quarter-life crisis. Book here.

May 2026

Funeral for my Boobs (PPP)
By: Hannah Howie
Wed 20 – Sun 24 May 2026
Daily: 1pm; Thurs eve: 6pm.(Upstairs).
You are invited to a funeral like no other, as we gather together with acclaimed performer and singer Hannah Howie for a glorious send-off for her boobs before a double mastectomy. Dress accordingly. No flowers, please. Purvey to follow! Book here.

June 2026

The Corinthian (PPP)
By: Joe McCann
Wed 10 – Sun 14 June 2026
Daily: 1pm; Thurs eve: 6pm.(Upstairs).
The remarkable story of the world’s first Black international footballer who captained Scotland to glory. March 12, 1881. England lost 1–6 in a record home defeat to a mighty Scotland team, captained by a forgotten name from history: Andrew Watson. A raw, unflinching exploration of Watson’s life and what it means to belong nowhere and everywhere at once. Book here.

The Hen Night (PPP)
By Debbie Hannan
Wed 17 – Sun 21 May 2026
Daily: 1pm; Thurs eve: 6pm.(Upstairs).
A love letter to messy nights out, solidarity, and the power of fiery female friendship. Three hens go on a tequila-fuelled odyssey to save their bride-to-be bestie. Jade, Amber and Lilac have been organising Coral’s hen night for the past six months — and it’s going to be epic. But at the last minute, Coral’s perfect cousin rocks up uninvited. Book here.