Long before Monday's announcement confirming Brian McMaster's retirement next year as director of Edinburgh International Festival, the pundits had been speculating on who might fill his shoes.
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Edinburgh theatre: With the words Jerry and Springer in a title, you can get away with a show about a show about a show, says Susannah Clapp.
Edinburgh art: In Gauguin's Vision, all rooms lead to his masterly Vision of the Sermon, in which modern art is changed for ever, says Rachel Cooke.