Assembly Festival has now added a further 90+ shows to its biggest and most dazzling line-up to date which includes returning Fringe favourites, theatrical debuts, international circus, comedy newcomers and the return of The Flick - Assembly’s late-night den off George Square. During August, self-proclaimed Duchess Diane Chorley will be hosting live entertainment at The Flick until 5am. Acts already confirmed include Diane’s podcast Chatting with Chorley,  her own comedy show Modern Love and her late-night guest line-up show Down The Flick; cult drag superstar Baby Lame in Final Baby Girl!; and Brown Sauce – showcasing some of the best South Asian comedians on the circuit. 

Other cabaret acts joining Assembly’s line-up this year include drag show trailblazers Queenz with The Show With BALLS!; original songs, and existential banter from The Idiot Circus; a dazzling array of naughty entertainment in Wanderlust; world-renowned magician and mind control master Chris Dugdale; musical mimicry and comedic impressions from Debra Stephenson (Dead Ringers, Spitting Image); fun filth and laughter from drag sensation Dixie Longate; and Edinburgh’s piano man Will Pickvance presenting classical and popular songs, musical improvisation and funny stories. 

In comedy, this year’s stellar programme just keeps on growing, with the return of yet more big names including Ed Gamble (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, QI) co-host of the award-winning mega-hit podcast Off Menu, Netflix star Phil Wang, Reginald D. Hunter (Live at the Apollo, HIGNFY, 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown); Rob Auton with his hilarious show all about crowds; There are also shows from Perrier Award winning comedy legend Simon Fanshawe OBE; physical comedy from the brilliant, and original Jody Kamali; multi-award winning musical comedy duo Flo and Joan return after touring the UK & Australia; John-Luke Roberts with his sell-out smash-hit Terrible Wonderful Adaptations and, new for 2022, Cabaret Impedimenta which he is hosting, billed as an impossible variety show of amazing acts.   This year’s packed line-up also features hilarious improv from festival institution Baby Wants Candy; fast-paced Fringe favourites Police Cops returning with a new blockbuster show, Police Cops: The Musical; Richard Herring with his Leicester Square Theatre Podcast; Taskmaster star and NZ’s fastest comedian Paul Williams; kitchen comedy from George Egg; and sketches, stand-up and all sorts from comedy career springboard The Oxford Revue.

Also returning is TV writer and ‘neurotic Jewish millennial’ Emmy Blotnick; stand-up storytellers Jonny & The Baptists; award-winning physical comedian Tom Walker; blistering stand-up puppetry in the form of Randy Feltface; Jordan Gray – the UK’s premier transgender comedian; and Matt Winning with his show based on his book Hot Mess about climate change.  Comedians debuting this year include BriTANicK with international comedy duo Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney; award-winning New York comedians Jake Cornell and Marcia Belsky; Jo Griffin one half of critically acclaimed sketch duo Lola & Jo; cult folk musician Grace Petrie with her stand-up debut Butch Ado About Nothing; newcomer (and reformed redneck) Melissa Stephens with her stand-up routine about the American South; British-Lebanese comedian Isabelle Farah making her stand-up debut after her critically acclaimed 2021 theatre show Ellipsis won rave reviews; Michael Spicer creator of ‘The Room Next Door’ sketches which have amassed over 60m views online; Plus Your Aunt Fanny – an all womxn theatre company from the North East of England with their latest comedy-sketch show Muff Said; Australian award-winning comedian Nikki Britton; the amazingly funny Christopher Titus from the US; Rachel Bradley one of the hottest names in US comedy;  whip-smart satire from Welsh stand-up Ryan Lane; self-professed gay-tastic rage-a-holic, newcomer Tom DeTrinis; and award-winning storyteller Roann Hassani McCloskey with another fearless autobiographical tale from her childhood growing up queer & Arab in 90s Wembley.   

Bookings can be made at www.assemblyfestival.com or by calling 0131 623 3030. 

CABARET & VARIETY 

• Aidan Sadler: Tropicana | 22:20 | 3-28 Aug | The Blue Room  
• Assembly Gala Launch | 20:00 | 3 Aug | Assembly Main Hall  
• Best of Burlesque | 22:05 | 4-27 Aug | Bijou 
• Best of Burlesque Encore | 23:55 | 4-28 Aug | Piccolo 
• Best of the Fest Daytime | 12:50 | 5-28 Aug | Palais du Variété  
• Cabaret Impedimenta | 23:55 | 17 Aug | Palais du Variété 
• Chris Dugdale | 18:35 | 3-28 Aug | Drawing Room 
• Debra Stephenson | 18:15 | 5-28 Aug | Studio 3 
• Dixie Longate | 19:00 | 4-27 Aug | Bijou 
• Dom Chambers: Fake Wizard | 17:50 | 3-28 Aug | The Blue Room 
• Diane Chorley: Chatting with Chorley: The Podcast | 17:00 | 5-17 Aug | The Flick at Underground  
• Diane Chorley: Down the Flick | 23:00 | 4-27 Aug | The Flick at Underground 
• Diane Chorley: Modern Love | 21:00 | 23-28 Aug | The Flick at Underground 
• An Evening Without Kate Bush | 17:55 | 3-29 Aug | Piccolo  
• Fascinating Aida | 18:00 | 3-27 Aug | Gordon Aikman Theatre 
• Final Baby Girl! | 19:00 | 4-28 Aug | The Flick at Underground 
• Magical Bones: Soulful Magic | 16:45 | 3-28 Aug | Checkpoint 
• Queenz: The Show With Balls! | 21:40 | 6-28 Aug | Music Hall 
• The Idiot Circus | 20:55 | 3-28 Aug | Piccolo 
• Wanderlust | 22:30 | 3-28 Aug | Gordon Aikman Theatre 
• Will Pickvance | 19:25 | 3-28 Aug | Piccolo 

CHILDREN’S SHOWS 

• Agent November: MAJOR X PLOE-SHUN | 11:00 | 4-29 Aug | Meet Studio 3 
• Agent November: ROBYN YEW | 11:00 | 4-29 Aug | Meet Studio 3 

• Arty’s Ani-Magination | 10:30 | 4-29 Aug | Roxy Upstairs
• Brotipo | 11:55 | 4-29 Aug | Piccolo 
• Comedy Club 4 Kids | 17:25 | 3-28 Aug | Roxy Upstairs 
• Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish | 10:00 | 4-21 Aug | Studio 2 
• Monski Mouse Baby Cabaret | 10:50 | 9-26 Aug | Palais du Variété 
• Monski Mouse Baby Disco Dance Hall | 10:50 | 6-28 Aug | Palais du Variété 
• Peppa Pig – My First Concert | 10:00 | 4-21 Aug | Assembly Main Hall 
• Prehysterical | 11:50 | 4-28 Aug | Checkpoint  
• Shark in the Park | 10:00 | 4-21 Aug | Gordon Aikman Theatre  
• Strictly Come Barking | 11:35 | 4-29 Aug | Studio 4 
• The Adventures of Bo Peep | 10:20 | 4-16 Aug | Studio 3 
• The Adventures of Sleepyhead | 11:10 | 4-29 Aug | Roxy Downstairs  
• The Bubble Show | 10:30 | 4-28 Aug | Piccolo  
• The Greatest Magic Show | 14:35 | 3-29 Aug | Palais du Variété  
• The Return of the Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show | 16:00 | 4-27 Aug | Bijou 
• Yellow Bird Chase | * Fringe Premiere |12:00 | 4-29 Aug | Studio 5 

COMEDY 

• Adults Only Magic Show | 21:15 | 3-28 Aug | Studio 3  
• Andy Field: Ideas (,) Man | 20:55 | 3-28 Aug | Studio 4  
• Baby Wants Candy | 21:00 | 3-28 Aug | Studio 1 
• Best of the Fest | 23:55 | 5-28 Aug (Thu-Sun) | Main Hall  
• Boorish Trumpson | 15:30 | 4-26 Aug | Front Room 
• BriTANicK | 19:45 | 3-28 Aug | The Box 
• Brown Sauce | 21:00 | 16-21 Aug | The Flick at Underground 
• Christopher Titus: Carrying Monsters | 18:15 | 3-28 Aug | Studio 2 
• Clive Anderson’s May Seven Wonders | 16:45 | 6-28 Aug | Studio 3  
• Crizards: Cowboys | 22:15 | 3-28 Aug | Studio 4  
• David O’Doherty: whoa is me | 19:30 | 4-29 Aug | Gordon Aikman Theatre 
• Des Bishop: Mia Mamma | 19:20 | 3-15 Aug | The Blue Room  
• Ed Gamble: Electric | 21:00 | 8-14 Aug | Gordon Aikman Theatre 
• Emmy Blotnick: The 30 Fragrances of Jennifer Lopez: A Show About Death, Betrayal and Financial Ruin | 18:40 | 3-29 Aug | Studio Five 
• Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen | 22:20 | 25-27 Aug | Assembly Main Hall  
• Flo & Joan: Sweet Release | 20:10 | 3-28 Aug | Roxy Central 
• Frankie Boyle: Lap of Shame | 18:15 | 3-28 Aug | Music Hall  
• George Egg: Set Menu (the Best of George Egg) | 16:25 | 16-28 Aug | Piccolo 
• Grace Petrie: Butch Ado About Nothing | 16:20 | 3-28 Aug | The Blue Room 
• Isabelle Farah: Irresponsabelle | 15:45 | 3-29 Aug | The Box  
• Jake Cornell & Marcia Belsky: Man & Woman | 18:15 | 3-28 Aug | Studio Four 
• Jody Kamali: Ironing Board Man | 14:40 | 3-28 Aug | Studio Five 
• Jo Griffin: People Person | 19:10 | 3-28 Aug | Roxy Downstairs 
• John Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations | 23:00 | 12-20 Aug | Studio One 
• Jonny & The Baptists: Dance Like It Never Happened | 16:00 | 3-29 Aug | Studio Five 
• Jordan Gray: Is It A Bird? | 22:25 | 3-28 Aug | The Box 
• Julia Masli: CHOOSH! | 21:55 | 3-28 Aug | Roxy Downstairs  
• Kate Butch: Wuthering Shites | 19:45 | 4-27 Aug | Front Room  
• Liars and Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show | 22:20 | 4-27 Aug | Powder Room  
• Matt Winning: Hot Mess | 20:00 | 3-14 Aug | Studio Five 
• Melissa Stephens: HOT DOGS & TEARS | 19:40 | 4-27 Aug | Powder Room 
• Michael Spicer: The Room Next Door | 15:40 | 19-28 Aug | Studio One 
• Michelle Brasier: Average Bear | 18:25 | 3-28 Aug | The Box  
• Neil Delamere: Liminal | 19:20 | 16-28 Aug | The Blue Room  
• Nikki Britton: One Small Step | 19:35 | 3-28 Aug | Studio Four 
• Nish Kumar: Your Power, Your Control | 21:00 | 22-28 Aug | Gordon Aikman Theatre 
• Paul Williams: In The Moonlight | 16:30 | 3-28 Aug | Roxy Downstairs 
• Phil Wang: The Real Hero in All This | 21:00 | 15-21 Aug | Gordon Aikman Theatre 
• Police Cops: The Musicial | 19:00 | 3-29 Aug | Studio One 
• Rachel Bradley: Beauty For Ashes | 19:55 | 3-28 Aug | Drawing Room 
• Randy Feltface: Alien of Extraordinary Ability: Alien of Extraordinary Ability | 21:15 | 3-28 Aug | Studio Two 
• Reginald D. Hunter: Bombe Shuffleur | 21:10 | 3-28 Aug | Ballroom 
• Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast | 13:00 | 3-14 Aug | Ballroom 
• Rich Hall SOLD OUT: TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE | 19:40 | 13-28 Aug | Ballroom  
• Rob Auton: The Crowd Show | 14:50 | 3-29 Aug | The Blue Room  
• Ryan Lane Will Be There Now In A Minute | 15:10 | 3-29 Aug | Roxy Downstairs 
• Sam Taunton: Yoho Diabolo | 21:20 | 3-28 Aug | Studio 5  
• Séayoncé: Res-Erection | 20:00 | 3-28 Aug | Roxy Upstairs 
• Simon Evans and his Big Ideas | 19:45 | 15-28 Aug | Studio 3  
• Simon Fanshawe: The Power of Difference | 14:30 | 19-23 Aug | Bijou 
• Stephen Mullan: Ouch! | 16:55 | 3-29 Aug | Studio 4  
• Susie McCabe: Born Believer | 19:45 | 3-28 Aug | Studio 2 
• Tom DeTrinis: I HATE NEW YORK | 18:20 | 4-27 Aug | Powder Room  
• Tom Walker: Javelin | 21:05 | 3-28 Aug | The Box 
• The Oxford Revue and Other Farmyard Animals | 15:40 | 3-28 Aug | Drawing Room 
• Two Hearts: We’re Pregnant And The Baby is Music | 20:50 | 3-28 Aug | The Blue Room 
• Your Aunty Fanny: Muff Said | 21:05 | 4-27 Aug | Front Room 
• Who Murdered My Cat? Roann Hassani McCloskey | 17:05 | 4-29 Aug | The Box 

MUSIC & MUSICALS 

• Friendsical | 20:00 | 4-28 Aug | Music Hall 
• Jeremy Sassoon’s MOJO | 18:15 | 3-28 Aug | Checkpoint  
• Massaoke: Rockstar Weekend | 23:45 | 4-28 Aug (Thu-Sun) | Palais du Variété 
• My Leonard Cohen: Up Close and Personal | 18:10 | 4-27 Aug | Ballroom 
• Out of the Blue | 15:00 | 3-29 Aug | Gordon Aikman Theatre 
• Soweto Gospel Choir | 13:40 | 4-29 Aug | Assembly Main Hall 
• The Queen’s Cartoonists | 17:00 | 3-28 Aug | Roxy Central 
• The Three Seas | 13:20 | 19-27 Aug | Checkpoint 

DANCE, PHYSICAL THEATRE & CIRCUS  

• Beats on Pointe | 19:00 | 4-29 Aug | Assembly Main Hall 
• The Black Blues Brothers | 16:40 | 4-28 Aug | Music Hall 
• DONUTS | 16:25 | 3-14 Aug | Piccolo 
• drop dead gorgeous | 17:00 | 5-14 Aug | The Tree House  
• FLIP Fabrique: Muse | 17:20 | 3-28 Aug | Assembly Main Hall 
• JD: (le) pain | 16:00 | 6-28 Aug | Roxy Upstairs 
• KIN | 15:00 | 4-28 Aug | Music Hall 
• Light of Life | 13:00 | 3-28 Aug | Studio 1  
• Lion | 16:40 | 3-21 Aug | Assembly Ballroom 
• Railed | 18:35 | 3-28 Aug | Palais du Variété 
• Sirqus Alfon: PLAY 3.0 | 14:00 | 20-29 Aug | Roxy Central 
• The Idiot Circus: Death is Coming | 20:55 | 3-28 Aug | Piccolo 
• WILD ONION | 16:30 | 16-27 Aug | Bijou

   

THEATRE 

• Americana: A Murder Ballad | 13:20 | 3-17 Aug | Checkpoint 
• An Afternoon with the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield 1995 | 15:40 | 4-27 Aug | Powder Room 
• Appraisal | 11:40 | 17-27 Aug | Powder Room 
• Black Sheep | 21:00 | 4-27 Aug | Powder Room 
• Bloody Difficult Women | 14:30 | 3-28 Aug | Ballroom 
• Changing the Sheets | 21:15 | 3-28 Aug | Drawing Room 
• Confetti | 14:20 | 3-29 Aug | The Box  
• Earwig | 14:10 | 4-27 Aug | Front Room 
• Famous Puppet Death Scenes | 18:30 | 4-28 Aug | Roxy Central  
• Fashion Spies | 13:00 | 3-29 Aug | The Box  
• Fool Muun Komming! [BeBgWunderful/YEsyes/  
  Hi5.4sure.TruLuv;SpankSpank:SOfun_Grate_Times] | 17:05 | 4-27 Aug | Front Room 
• Gash Theatre Needs Some Space | 22:25 | 4-27 Aug | Front Room 
• How to Build A Wax Figure | 12:55 | 4-29 Aug | Studio Four 
• I Feel the Need | 13:00 | 4-27 Aug | Powder Room 
• In the Interests of Health and Safety | 13:00 | 15-21 Aug | Ballroom 
• In the Name of the Son | 13:10 | 3-29 Aug | Studio Three 
• Intelligence | 12:40 | 3-29 Aug | Roxy Upstairs 
• It All | 17:10 | 4-26 Aug | Powder Room 
• Les Dawson: Flying High | 16:30 | 3-28 Aug | Gordon Aikman Theatre  
• Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood | 14:30 | 3-28 Aug | Drawing Room  
• Lottie Platchett Took A Hatchet | 20:35 | 4-27 Aug | Roxy Upstairs 
• Marrow | 18:25 | 4-27 Aug | Front Room 
• Müller’s Last Tape | 11:40 | 4-15 Aug | Powder Room 
• Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London | 10:25 | 4-29 Aug | Studio 5 
• Musclebound 17:50 | 3-28 Aug | Roxy Downstairs 
• Myra’s Story | 13:00 | 5-29 Aug | Gordon Aikman Theatre 
• Never Let Go: An Unauthorised Retelling of James Cameron's Titanic | 13:20 | 3-29 Aug | Studio Five 
• Ram of God | 20:30 | 3-28 Aug | Roxy Downstairs 
• Sandcastles | 12:50 | 4-27 Aug | Front Room 
• She Wolf | 13:50 | 3-28 Aug | Roxy Downstairs  
• Silkworm | 18:50 | 3-29 Aug | Roxy Upstairs 
• S.O.E. | 11:30 | 19-27 Aug | Front Room 
• Something About George | 14:30 | 4-18 Aug | Bijou 
• Something About Simon | 13:00 | 4-18 Aug | Bijou 
• Space Hippo | 10:20 | 4-29 Aug | The Blue Room  
• The Choir of Man | 20:40 | 4-29 Aug | Assembly Main Hall 
• The Elephant in the Room | 14:20 | 4-27 Aug | Powder Room  
• The Great Almighty Gill | 13:15 | 3-29 Aug | The Blue Room 
• The Gods The Gods The Gods | 20:30 | 4-27 Aug | Bijou 
• The Golfer | 15:05 | 3-29 Aug | Studio Two 
• The Importance of Being Earnest | 17:00 | 15-17 Aug | The Tree House  
• The Stones | 12:30 | 4-29 Aug | Roxy Downstairs 
• The Tragedy of Macbeth | 12:00 | 4-29 Aug | Roxy Central 
• Twelfth Night | 14:00 | 19 & 20 Aug | The Tree House 
• Watson: The Final Problem | 16:45 | 3-28 Aug | Drawing Room 
• We Are Traffic: An Uber Adventure | 17:15 | 3-28 Aug | Drawing Room