TAO – Samurai Magical Drumming

* * * * * 5 stars

Perhaps 11 people playing drums, flutes, horns and cymbals, with one or two other percussion instruments added just for a variety may not seem like a great Fringe show to you but it … Read More

Rat Pack – Live

**** 4 stars

Geoff and I love our music as much as we enjoy our comedy and since I have always loved Sammy Davis Junior I was looking forward to my second Hartshorn-Hook Production of this Fringe, having already seen Treasure … Read More

David Benson sings Noel Coward

**** 4 stars

Over the years that I have seen David Benson’s Fringe shows, they have been marked by style and stage presence. This show featuring a pleasing mix of Noel Coward’s songs is no exception.

David Benson’s voice … Read More

Jazz A Capella – The Oxford Gargoyles

This group of 12 students from Oxford University have put together a beautifully crafted show. There is a blend of jazz standards such as ‘It’s all right with me’, a touch of the Blues and a very funny comedy … Read More

Lady Carol:  Tomorrow Is My Turn

Lady Carole is a performer that had escaped my notice until this year. I first witnessed the very elegantly dressed  and stunningly attractive performer on ‘Girls with Guns’ doing a short section of her set and immediately wanted to … Read More

The Magnets – Gobsmacked!

The Magnets are taking a cappella music to a whole, new dynamic level. I would defy anybody who sees a Magnets show not to get caught up in the excitement as they perform a bunch of toe tapping songs. … Read More

Maria Tecce in Viva

We enter the Edinburgh Suite at the Assembly Rooms to find three very attractive men on stage playing a guitar, a double base and an accordion. A few minutes later a very stunning Spanish Senorita, Ms Maria Tecce enters … Read More

Patti Plinko and her Boy

I am always on the lookout for more experience in various forms of music, with this in mind I went to see ‘Patti Plinko and Her Boy’. We walk in to what could be described as a gypsy camp … Read More

Rat Pack  –  Live

Geoff and I love our music as much as we enjoy our comedy I have always loved Sammy Davis Junior so I was looking forward to my second Hartshorn-Hook Production of this fringe, having already seen Treasure Island their … Read More

TAO  –  Samurai Magical Drumming

Perhaps 11 people playing drums, flutes, horns and cymbals with one or two other percussion instruments added just for a variety may not seem like a great Fringe show to you but it is. These eight well muscled men … Read More