ScotsGay Magazine

****

This lady is a proper diva, so I have heard. Nothing wrong with that, as a society we created the entertainment industry so that we could put people who think they are better than us up on a pedestal, or a stage, and enjoy the show. It helps of course if the person is talented. Fortunately, Karen Egan has talent in bucket loads. She's a great storyteller and singer, with a lovely combination of comic timing and gorgeous voice. She breathes new life into the words of Brel, Hollaender and Weill, whilst having the audacity to add some songs of her own. She sings in English, French, German and Turkish, quite beautifully, and I assume accurately. Danny Sheridan and Band meanwhile, do everything right in providing the big band back up.

If only she were performing in a cabaret venue! Egan should have been slinking from table to table, sitting on the knees of older men and winking at pretty girls. Up on that stage she seemed just a little restrained, a tad removed. We in the audience wanted her to get down from the stage and join us, just for a little while!

Martin Walker

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