From A for Argonaut Theatre (“The final hour of 1999. Two bickering sisters flee a party …”) to Z for The Zed Word (“The world is ending. The dead are roaming. . . .”), there are over 400 shows/acts/performances to choose from at this year’s Festival Fringe, billed as “the world’s greatest platform for creative freedom.” Chosen at random: The Private Lives of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence (they’re in purgatory and the audience decides whether they deserve Heaven or Hell). Heaven, of course. —L.J.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Various venues
National Museums Scotland, Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, United Kingdom
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