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.

2024

An Evening with Sanjeev Kohlie (Red Shoe Entertainment)
Fri 22 March 2024.
Evening: 7.30pm. (Upstairs)
Having entertained audiences for 62 episodes and an incredible 21 years, Sanjeev Kohli regales the audience with delightful stories from his time as “Navid” on Still Game and provides insights into his hugely successful career so far. This memorable night lifts the lid on some of the secrets that has made him on of Scotland’s most admired household names. Book here.

Cirqulation 8: Power (DeLighters)
Sun 24 March 2024
One show: 6pm (Central)
Scotland’s Circus Cabaret Night is back. What does true power mean? Is it strength, wealth, or position? Unity? Electricity? Perseverance and grace? What does it mean when we have it and what does it mean when we don’t?
Exploring the theme POWER within all disciplines of circus. Book here.

We Are For Palestine (Medical Aid For Palestinians)
Mon 25 March 2024
Evening: 7.30pm (Central).
A live show raising funds for Medical Aid For Palestinians and UNWRA. Hosted by Gemma Cairney, spoken word and live music from Callum Easter, Jenni Fagan, Gavin Francis, Doug Johnstone, Kathryn Joseph, Kirstin Innes, Hannah Lavery, Kirsty Logan, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Denise Mina, Andres N Ordorica, Heather Parry, Michael Pedersen, Cailean Steed, SSHE, Irvine Welsh, Chitra Ramaswamy + more TBC. Some acts will appear by video stream. We hope to invite some Palestinian writers to contribute by video. Book here.

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Court Jester Theatre)
Fri 29 – Sat 30 March 2024
Evenings: 7.30pm (Upstairs).
Join Dorian on a descent into debauchery. Court Jester Theatre explore the ‘Wildest’ side of Dorian and the darker side of Wilde as they expose Mr. Gray’s sensational secret. Why does he look so young? Why is he so unscarred by sin? And what became of that pleasant portrait Basil Hallward painted of him? Book here.

Nick Cope’s Family Show (Nick Cope)
Thurs 4 April 2024.
One show: 11am. (Central)
Nick Cope has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and animations to sell-out crowds all over the country. He has an incredible fan base from all over the UK which has just grown immeasurably over the last year due to the phenomenal success of his CBeebies show Nick Cope’s Popcast, now into its third series. Book here.

Sense of Loss (Visually Impaired Creators Scotland)
Fri 5 – Sat 6 April 2024
Evenings: 7pm (Upstairs).
Death. It comes for all of us, eventually. We often think about this reality but barely speak it. Over 180,000 people deal with visual impairment in Scotland, a fact which is rarely thought about or discussed. VICS are combining these two facts and exploring death through the lens of visual impairment in their new production. Book here.

Matt Forde: Inside No. 10 (Postponed)
Wed 10 April 2024.
Evenings: 7.30pm. (Central)
Host of hit political podcast The Political Party Matt Forde (Spitting Image, Have I Got News For You, The British Scandal, The Last Leg) explores the dark comedy horror that is British politics, ahead of the next election. Plus silly voices. Book here.

American Idiot (Never Ending Theatre)
Thurs 11 – Sat 13 April 2024
Evenings: 7.30pm; Sat Mat: 2.30pm (relaxed perf).
Young Edinburgh company with the Green Day musical about three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia as it follows their quest for true meaning in the world. Book here.

May 2024

The Fastest Clock in the Universe (EGTG)
Tue 21 – Sat 25 May 2024
Evenings: 7.30pm (Upstairs).
Party preparations are underway for Cougar’s twelfth 19th birthday. Everything is meticulously planned; there’s a very exclusive guest list, a delicious cake and a very sharp knife. Philip Ridley’s drama about ageing, love and delusion is set in a dilapidated room above an abandoned factory that happens to be filled with avian antiques. Book here.

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