Top Man 3 To See choirs

Starting off in 2011 as a weekly dropin singing session, Choir!Choir!Choir! (Underbelly George Square, 4–27 August, 5.45pm) is now a global success. Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman (pictured) are the Canadian chaps behind this phenomenon. Assuring music, comedy and beer in three reasonably equal measures, Pub Choir: This Worked At Home (Liquid Room, 16 August, 7.45pm) stop off in Edinburgh during a busy UK tour before heading to the US. Even if you can barely hold a note, come along, and by the finale you’ll be contributing to a pop tune in three-part harmony. If your choir tastes demand something a little more on the traditional side, you’re unlikely to find anything better than the National Youth Choir Of Scotland (St Giles’ Cathedral, 7 August, 10pm). Donald Runnicles dubbed them ‘one of the best choral ensembles in the world’, and frankly, he’s going to know.

Dark Noon is an ambitious and subversive interrogation of American history which seeks to tell wider stories.

Rory Doherty hears from the show’s codirector Nhlanhla Mahlangu about his unique approach to physical storytelling

The Fringe ethos of platforming global stories is perfectly exemplified in Dark Noon, a devised subversion of American history. Here, Danish theatre-maker Tue Biering and South African co-director Nhlanhla Mahlangu centred on perspectives that were forcibly removed from the history books: Native Americans, Chinese immigrants and African slaves. But the play’s story extends far beyond this undertold past.