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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 ****

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