It is the time of year, for the Edinburgh Fringe festival. The city is buzzing with tourists and there is far too much to see and far too little time (and money) to see it all.
I have been on holiday since finishing up work on Friday evening and Susan's sister was staying with us up [...]
On Saturday night, Susan and Jenny took me along to see Women with Standards at the Gilded Balloon (Teviot). A group of 4 Australian vocalists and a local jazz trio making the most of some powerful voices belting out not only Jazz standards but other Diva-esque songs. And boy can those Women sing. I don;t [...]
The Filthy Six are a Soul Jazz Funk sextet from London. Having read reasonably good things about them, I decided to go along to the Lot and check them out.
An interesting mix of players, as with many fringe music events they were using session players to cover for those with real jobs!! However the [...]
So, I am looking for something to do this weekend, more specifically I am looking for inspiration for a Fringe show that is so good. Ideally it would be funny, [I don't enjoy much of the childish humour that can be found on today's TV, so need a comedy fix somewhere!] but I am not [...]
I cannot recommend this Edinburgh Festival show highly enough! Not usually one for this behaviour but I must have guffawed my way through at least half of it! Absolutely hysterical in places!
Bailey puts on a dramatic twist to the genre of Stand-Up comedy. His act of slick jokes, musical interludes and the use of the [...]