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Reviews |
Sex with Mae West Performed at Brighton and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2005 |
'Sex with Mae West' (named after one of her Broadway shows) is a jazz revue, with Corliss Randall taking on West's mantle as a hoochie-coochie crooner, accompanied by three musicians. Randall is good on the groans and moans with which West punctuated her songs and gags – corny even then but all about the va-va-voom delivery. She's even a much better singer than the original when belting out such inuendo-laden classics as 'I Like A Man What Takes His Tims', 'Why Don't You Do Right' and 'Do It Again'. The band is led by Andy Williamson, formerly of Fringe favourites The Honkin' Hep Cats, so they also deliver some old Hep Cat tunes. At this point the framing artifice involving West and her friend and rival W.C. Fields is basically thrown out – but hey, it's fun anyway. The Scotsman |
Engagements |
Bahia Mar she'll do different shows. Friday nights she will perform
a New Orleans-style show with stories that lead into songs. Saturday's
entertainment will go more into cabaret and feature lots of show tunes.
Sunday brunch will be given over to more romantic music. She was a delightful performer, who together with her backing musicians,
provided superb entertinament for the audience. She bonded extremely
well with them, who from comments after the event, were obviously extremely
appreciative of her performance. |