Assembly Festival

05 - 31 August 2026

Gordon Aikman Theatre

Formerly George Square Theatre, renamed in 2019 to honour campaigner and University of Edinburgh alumnus Gordon Aikman, this is Assembly’s third-largest venue and a purpose-built theatre which can host a range of genres.

It has 500 seats including freestanding chairs in the first three rows, with the rest being fixed seating. As this is a purpose-built theatre it has dressing rooms and warm-up spaces.

Recent shows in this venue include David O’Doherty, Murder She Didn’t Write, Frank Skinner, Nish Kumar, Phil Wang and Mythos: Ragnarok. 

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