Assembly Rooms
Come From Away
★★★★☆ Heartfelt
Captivate Theatre’s Come From Away chronicles the power of community and compassion in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, which stranded thousands of people from around the world in Newfoundland.
Sunshine on Leith
★★★★☆ Well-rounded
Playing in the impressive Music Hall at Assembly Rooms throughout the Fringe, Sunshine on Leith by Captivate Theatre is a well-polished display of local talent.
Kevin Quantum: Invisible Force
★★★★★ Infectious fun
KQ Productions return to the Assembly Ballroom Kevin Quantum: Invisible Force, a lively new show for 2026 in which magician Kevin McMahon sets out to illuminate the science of our everyday lives using magic, along with a good dash of silliness.
Goose’s Quizzes Elimination Game
★★★★☆ Surprisingly addictive!
Pub quiz institution Goose’s Quizzes returns to the Fringe with their Elimination Game running for the full fringe, every night at Assembly Rooms’ Bijou Spiegeltent.
Come From Away
★★★★☆ Inspirational
Captivate Theatre bring a stirring rendition of Come From Away to the Bijou at Assembly Rooms through to the 24th, the Fringe debut of this groundbreaking, heart-wrenching musical.
Kevin Quantum: Unbelievable Magic for Non-Believers
★★★☆☆ High voltage
Edinburgh-based physicist-turned-magician Kevin Quantum brings a new bag of tricks to amaze audiences at the Assembly Rooms this Fringe.
Dear Billy
★★★★☆ Devotional
Gary McNair presents a remount of the National Theatre of Scotland’s Dear Billy, A Love Letter to the Big Yin at the Assembly Rooms on George Street for a ten date run at the fringe.
Tim Licata: Close up and personal
★★★★☆ Childhood magic
Local Edinburgh magician Tim Licata is back at the Fringe with Close-up and Personal at Assembly Rooms. It is a delightful show, filled with autobiographical anecdotes and magic tricks. But there’s more to it than just traditional illusions.
Polishing Shakespeare
★★☆☆☆ To speak and purpose not
Twilight Theatre Company’s Polishing Shakespeare dramatizes imagined meetings between a dotcom billionaire, the artistic director of an “esteemed American theatre company,” and the playwright they are attempting to commission to translate Shakespeare’s works into modern English.
Mary, Queen of Rock!
★★★★★ Gloriously loud
A celebration of loud women, Pretty Knickers Productions’ original musical, Mary, Queen of Rock! at the Assembly Rooms Ballroom all Fringe is special from the first note. The female-led Scottish theatre company have produced a standout.
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