15 August

10.00pm Ali McGregor's Midnite Lullabies, The Famous Spiegeltent, £8.
http://www.alimcgregor.com/images/Press_Release_Midnight_Lullabies_ED07.pdf

Back at work today, it's been a great little holiday. Finally, this is my first time in the Spiegeltent here in Edinburgh. It's not the same one that comes to Adelaide, it's much smaller. I think there are 11 or so of these little flat-packed beauties travelling the world.

This show was based around the notion of 'midnight lullabies'. Ali McGregor has a great knack for storytelling and introduces each song and why she likens it to a midnight lullaby. She sang opera, rock, folk, and Radiohead, all in her classically trained beautiful voice, often with her harpischord in hand. Ben Hendry accompanied on percussion and the pair worked really well on stage. For those of you who think she sounds familiar, she performed as part of 'La Clique' in 2006 Adelaide Fringe and also did her own show in Adelaide this year. Think she also guests on ABC's 'Spicks and Specks' every now and again. Adam Hills was the special guest at this performance and he came on and read the poem 'Clancy of the Overflow' and it all got rather patriotic and nostalgic in the Spiegel for awhile. Until Ali sang a version of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River". Funk!