I am sure the next show will be both a musical and comedy highlight of the week. It’s Jess Robinson: Unravelled, at the Udderbelly @ Underbelly, George Square, at 19:00 on Wednesday 23rd. Here’s the blurb: “Multi award-winning Jess Robinson returns with more spot-on celebrity impressions, musical comedy and stunning vocal gymnastics. Like a wonderfully malfunctioning jukebox, Jess and her incredible band take you on a dizzying journey through hilarious improvised musical mash-ups, serving a feast of styles and genres from Billie Holiday and Liza Minnelli to Iggy Azalea, Beyoncé and Kate Bush. ‘No matter what your tastes this Fringe… Robinson will entertain them all’ ***** (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine). Arts Award Voice Award 2015/16, Amused Moose Peoples Champion Award 2015, Mervyn Stutter – Pick of the Fringe Award 2015, Chortle Award nominee 2014.”
We’ve been meaning to catch Jess Robinson’s solo shows ever since we saw her in Hamlet the Musical – where she was a scream. Check back around 8.30 pm to see how brilliant she was. By then the next preview blog should be available to read too.
Jess is a brilliant impressionist and a superb singer, and it was a great fun show. Guess who sat in the front row and ended up participating in an Angel delight eating contest, and losing… But then Jess sang me a love song which was hilarious. Great fun… Now to chuck up some Angel delight.
If I’m ready anything and see the words, “award-winning,” I instantly lose interest in the subject and stop reading the rest of it. If writers are that lazy that they have to recycle the same brain-dead/inane cliches 500 times, open the hatch, I’m bailing out!
I feel your pain on that one. Who knows what awards we’re talking about? Award for the worst singer of the century? Yay! Let’s buy tickets! It is pretty meaningless. (Unless they’re my Chrisparkle Awards in which case they’re a true sign of worth and integrity!)