If you type [Iranian Comedian] into a search engine the chances are high that Omid Djalili will pop up top of the list. When Omid asked the audience where they were from a shout from the balcony in the Music Hall in the Assembly Rooms replied, “Lebanon, we came all this way just to see […]
The mystery of the Assembly Rooms Internet wifi, Fringe 2012
There will be confusion about the Assembly Rooms in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. The Assembly Rooms are still the Assembly Rooms but not part of Assembly. Edinburgh City Council own the Assembly Rooms building but it was closed for significant refurbishment. William Burdett Coutts, who has run Fringe shows in the building for […]
Review of Return of the Lumberjacks, Fringe 2012
The first thing to note is about the venue – The Assembly Rooms. The location is freshly done up after a £9m refurbishment and you do notice. There should be no more queuing in the street, which really confused me, instead punters heading to the Music Hall are urged into the bar just by the […]