[FRINGE] can anyone explain how they number their newspapers here?

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After the serving of Le Gateau Chocolat, we headed across to Gluttony, the new Fringe venue located in the tents on the west side of East Terrace (just south of the Fringe club), which unbeknownst to us, was having it's opening celebration sampler (which was rather disappointing in that, because there was some interesting music coming from the main tent, I now don't have a clue as to who performed it). Anyway, our destination was the small tent (The Bally) there, where we to watch the adventures of Dirk Darrow: NCSSI The NCSSI stands for "Not Completely Serious Supernatural Investigator." This was a portrayal of a film noir private investigator, who would use his awesome powers of psychic deduction to determine the murderer, "who he had cunningly lured into the theatre using his psychic powers ... and cheap advertising." What follows was Dirk Darrow deducing the identity of the killer from the clues provided by the audience. This was a really excellent show, and in my opinion, a return to what Fringe shows are supposed to be. Cheap off-the-cuff, and independently produced, relying on the talents of the performer, in this case Tim Motley as the eponymous private dick. A skilled magician and talented comedian of the street-busker school, he has a good sense of both the genre traditions and audience expectations, making it a fun and intimate show. If you enjoy shows such as those put on by Sound & Fury, then I highly recommend seeing this show. It's well worth it. Even if some of the jokes are rather old hat. ["Hey! They were new in 1947! Mostly."] My only complaint is the venue is actually slightly too small for the show, which means that some of the sight lines from the front row may be unfortunate if you have any technical proficiency at all. [I should know better.] Still he was highly skilled at the necessary legerdemain, even if a couple of the forces were amusingly obvious to me. But that's all part of the show. [Also, if you dislike cigarette smoke, don't sit in the front row.]