music review
Caroline Nin
Komedia
Squeezed into the tightest frock you've ever seen, split so high up the thigh it made my eyes water, the Parisian ambassador for old-school glamour, Caroline Nin, belted out her set accompanied by pianist Sean Hargreaves. Nin has a voice to be reckoned with, one that can sing in three languages and pull off Piaf well, but this was not an evening based solely on music; a seduction mission was clearly afoot. Put it this way, Nin knew exactly where to move her hands over that skin-tight gown. However, the scene-setting stories tended to ramble and her lament that prostitutes are no longer called 'girls of joy' made me splutter. Did I leave seduced? Not really, whilst it is undeniable that the lady is a vamp, it all felt a bit too cruise ship for my liking.
Komedia, 8 May, 11:00pm, £14.00 (£12.00), fpp 8
tw rating: 3/5
published: Aug-2008
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