Miriam Keane

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RAW: Cabaret Fringe – New Coat of Paint – La Boheme – 4.5K

All six performers were impressive on their respective instruments and had good onstage group chemistry. Alison Coppe’s voice is sublime, there is purity to it which could be thought of as the antithesis of Waits’ own sound but none-the-less it worked and brought out the beautiful melodies in his songs. 4.5K

RAW: Cabaret Fringe – Freewheelin’ – The Promethean – 4K

Carragher’s voice soared and we were reminded of just how much of a contribution Bob Dylan has made to music. Undoubtedly she could have kept playing song after song and we would have been happy to keep listening. 4K

RAW: Cabaret Festival – Tuba Skinny – Banquet Room – 4.5K

Tuba Skinny create music reminiscent of the speakeasies and jazz clubs of 1920s America. Hailing from New Orleans, they are fresh faced but old souled, injecting heart into the music they play. 4.5K

RAW: Cabaret Festival – Simon Burke – Festival Centre Stage – 4K

Burke’s voice is full and rich, showing why he has got to the level he has in musical theatre. His choice of material is a good mixture of fun and sincerity. 4K

RAW: Cabaret Fringe – A Doll’s House – Higher Ground – 3.5K

This was a wonderful opportunity to see some of the country’s leading burlesque artistes do their thing and had it had the audience it deserved, the extra energy may have helped it to live up to its potential. 3.5K

RAW: Cabaret Fringe – La Chevre Noir – La Boheme – 4K

This is classic cabaret, with great singers, a mixture of soulful and cheeky songs, a vague storyline to string it all together and over-the-top characters to inject humourous banter in the spaces between songs. It was well-balanced, with new and old, well-known and more obscure pieces, class and cliché. 4K