El Dorado
Pleasance One ****
Better the devil you know
Tom Service sees Christoph von Dohnanyi launch the international festival in spectacular style
Robert Newman
Assembly Rooms Music Hall ****
Members of the Cleveland Orchestra
Queen's Hall ***
Susan and Janice
Pleasance Over the Road 2 ****
The deposed prime minister
Lumumba Filmhouse/Cameo 3 ****
A middle-class ponce
Chris Addison Pleasance Upstairs ****
Red, red and more red …
Ross Noble Gilded Balloon Main Theatre *
A scary portrait
The Second Amendment C Underbelly ***
Flea copulation
Cardoso Flea Circus Princes Street Gardens ***
Table dancing in practice
Soho Pleasance Cabaret Bar ***
An audience-interactive hour
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind Bongo Club ***
Bob Doolally
The Stand ****
Carol Kidd/ Larry Adler
Queens Hall ****
A Woman in Waiting
Assembly Rooms ****