Jazz and blues

Any show that starts with being offered a custard cream is off to a good start.
Barb Jungr was ranked No 1 for The Best Cabaret 2008 by Time Out, New York, No 2, The Best Cabaret 2009 for ā€˜ā€¦
Timing, in improvised music, is all-important.
It's late and the lighting in The Hub theatre is so dim that it becomes impossible to read the free…
Brought to Edinburgh by members of North Carolina theatre and performance troupe Concrete Generation, this…
As if Backstreet Boys fronted for Glenn Miller, The FlyBoys, are a boy band, ehhem, ā€œman collectiveā€,…
Many many moons ago I had the pleasure of occasionally frequenting Lizzard Lounge, a club night at Café…
Most people will remember the Blues Brothers from the eponymous 1980 film and fans will have longed to do two…
Cheeky chappies Steven Worbey and Kevin Farrell whisked us on a rapid rollercoaster-ride of pianistic…
ā€œIt’s a kind of furtiveness, a weariness with all the conventions of the world so I guess you might say we’re…
The Hub – home of the Edinburgh International Festival – is hosting a variety of eclectic CafĆ© Concerts in…
They’re back, they’re bigger, and they’re almost certainly Bluer. This acapella group will knock your socks…
Frank Sinatra reigns supreme in this new musical from Kingdom Theatre.
This is what the Edinburgh Fringe is all about.
At  9.50pm on a Sunday night, I join the queue snaking from the archway of the Assembly Hall, round the…
Statuesque and splendidly coiffed, clad in elegant ball gown and dazzling killer heels, the nightclub diva…
The stage is littered with dustbin lids and childish detritus.  Glittery dresses hang from the rafters…
A heavily pregnant Ali McGregor is wowing the kids every weekend in the Famous Spiegeltent.
There are any number of earnest and passionate performers offering an hour of the best of themselves.
Frances Ruffelle is a sparkling, shimmering star in the world of Musical Theatre, winning a Tony Award for…