Jimmy James: Divas Dead or Alive

Festival: fringe: music Venue: The Bongo Club (143) Address: 37 Holyrood Road (E6) Tel: 0131 557 2827 Prices: £12.00 conc. £8.00 Length: 01:00

Appearing 100% live: Cher, Bowie, Annie Lennox, Madonna, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Marilyn Monroe and more through the master vocal impressionist and his multimedia superparty! 'Highly Recommended!' TimeOut NY. Links Fringe programme Fringe venue details Fringe map (look for 143 in grid ref E6) Show website Venue website

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Ramsay Ure, Edinburgh
Rating: 5
Jimmy James is undoubtedly talented. At will he can summon up spookily accurate vocal impersonations of Cher, Billie Holiday, Madonna, Judy Garland, Bette Davis and more. However his show is pretty lame. Arriving 10 minutes late on stage, his rambling links between songs frustratingly take up even more time. All we want to do is hear him sing! In the event, after a scant 40 minutes of performance - about 50% of which is taken up with fairly random chat - you feel pretty cheated. This performance didn't do justice to the performer or the audience. an opportunity lost.