--- title: "Swamplesque | Assembly Festival" meta: "og:description": "The hottest ticket of Fringe 2024 and 2025. Everyone's favourite ogre-inspired burlesque and drag parody is coming back to Edinburgh! Swamplesque is the award-winning, critically acclaimed, five-star rated burlesque parody show! 'The funniest burlesque show you'll ever see' (Lilithia.net). Prepare for a night filled with laughter, surprises and a touch of the risqué. Don't be green with envy – grab your friends and secure your tickets now for this hilariously naughty night out! 'Rarely have I been in a situation when a review is hard to write because it is such perfection' ***** (GetTheChance.wales)." "og:title": Swamplesque "twitter:description": "The hottest ticket of Fringe 2024 and 2025. Everyone's favourite ogre-inspired burlesque and drag parody is coming back to Edinburgh! Swamplesque is the award-winning, critically acclaimed, five-star rated burlesque parody show! 'The funniest burlesque show you'll ever see' (Lilithia.net). Prepare for a night filled with laughter, surprises and a touch of the risqué. Don't be green with envy – grab your friends and secure your tickets now for this hilariously naughty night out! 'Rarely have I been in a situation when a review is hard to write because it is such perfection' ***** (GetTheChance.wales)." "twitter:title": Swamplesque description: "The hottest ticket of Fringe 2024 and 2025. Everyone's favourite ogre-inspired burlesque and drag parody is coming back to Edinburgh! Swamplesque is the award-winning, critically acclaimed, five-star rated burlesque parody show! 'The funniest burlesque show you'll ever see' (Lilithia.net). Prepare for a night filled with laughter, surprises and a touch of the risqué. Don't be green with envy – grab your friends and secure your tickets now for this hilariously naughty night out! 'Rarely have I been in a situation when a review is hard to write because it is such perfection' ***** (GetTheChance.wales)." --- # Swamplesque [**← **Back to What's On](https://assemblyfestival.com/whats-on) [ ![Swamplesque](https://assemblyfestival.com/_vercel/image?url=https:%2F%2Fassemblyfestival.pazaz.studio%2Fassets%2F18f09d75-a1f8-4bbb-a4dd-8fb9d8638fa4?width=360%26height=360%26format=webp&w=1536&q=100) # Swamplesque The hottest ticket of Fringe 2024 and 2025. Everyone's favourite ogre-inspired burlesque and drag parody is coming back to Edinburgh! Swamplesque is the award-winning, critically acclaimed, five-star rated burlesque parody show! 'The funniest burlesque show you'll ever see' (Lilithia.net). Prepare for a night filled with laughter, surprises and a touch of the risqué. Don't be green with envy – grab your friends and secure your tickets now for this hilariously naughty night out! ★★★★★ 'Rarely have I been in a situation when a review is hard to write because it is such perfection' _GetTheChance.wales_ ## Premium Tickets Enjoy Premium tickets for access to our premium seating area, offering early admission to the theatre and a prime view of the performance! This is a designated seating area with strictly limited availability. The front row is available to premium ticket holders on a first come, first served basis after which, the remaining premium seats will be allocated. Please arrive, a minimum of 20 minutes before the scheduled start time of the show and make yourself known to a member of the Front of House team; they will direct you to the Premium queue and your seats. Please note that if you arrive later than 20 minutes prior to show start, early access may not be possible, and you may be reassigned to alternative seating. 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