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A tragicomic lecture about Gold at Edinburgh Festival

Plus: a brilliant dramatisation of the life of Zelda Fitzgerald at the Fringe and an interactive show about food at EIF that is a master class in time-wasting

Some of his funniest stories are tragic: Dominic Frisby, who delivers a lecture on gold at Panmure House, where Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations. Credit: Stuart Mitchell 
issue 12 August 2023
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  • Gold

    Panmure House, until 20 August

  • Bad Play

    theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, until 26 August

  • The Last Flapper

    Greenside @ Riddles Court, until 19 August

  • Food

    The Studio, until 27 August

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