Articles by Ella Moran-Jones

Mairearad and Anna

Mairearad Green and Anna Massie know how to put on a show – they combine warmth, wit and banter with supreme musicianship to create an enjoyable, varied, and polished set.

Nick Harper

As the son of legendary folk-rock star Roy Harper, and one-time member of New Wave pop band Squeeze, Nick has a lot to live up to.

Newt North

Sometimes circumstances conspire to flummox a band’s gigging intentions: NeWt’s trombonist’s lip was injured and swollen, such that “I can’t play some of the notes the tunes need!”…

The Mercenary Fiddler AKA Elsa Jean McTaggart

Aberfeldian self-taught fiddler and singer-songwriter, Elsa Jean McTaggart, enters stage left, playing electric fiddle and wearing red tartan skirt, and jaunty baker boy hat.

John Renbourn and Wizz Jones

Septuagenarian guitar folk legends John Renbourn and Wizz Jones deliver a night of folk and blues, with varying degrees of success.

Fauré Requiem by Candlelight

Fauré’s Requiem, composed in the late 1880s, is a short piece lasting 35 minutes, performed in Latin, and created for orchestra, organ, male and female chorus and two soloists…

Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Jazz Quartet

Alex Yellowlees and his band take us back in time to the swinging twenties with a collection of hot club swinging jazz tracks, played with a lightness of touch and a lot of skill…

Americana Road Trip

Sixpiece Americana-tribute band Flagstaff have created an evening of infectious, good-natured, toe-tapping fun in the environs of the Jazz Bar.

Playtime: New Adventures in Music

Billing their series of gigs as Playtime, some of Edinburgh’s finest Jazzers are creating very interesting and enjoyable music in the intimate space of The Outhouse’s attic.

Blues!

Aiming to cover ninety years of Blues in sixty minutes is a mightily ambitious endeavour.

A Nicht Wi' Burns

It was wi’ some trepidation ‘at Ah installed myself at a table, pint in hain, fur a thee hoors burns’ session.

Bella Hardy and the Midnight Watch

Bella Hardy is one of those performers whose warmth and affability immediately put you at ease.

Damien Dempsey

Review
★★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2013

There’s something very likeable about Irish singer and songwriter Damien Dempsey, but the adulation he inspires is a little confusing.

Wonders of Magic

Review
★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2013

This production by Akhmeteli State Dramatic Theatre is a lesson on how not to stage a drama in a foreign language.

Story Shakespeare: Pericles

Year Out Drama Company, in association with Stratford-upon-Avon College, present one of Shakespeare’s rarely performed plays.

Mucus Factory

Review
★★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2013

Performance artist and Cystic Fibrosis sufferer, Martin O’Brien, explores the relationship between endurance and chronic illness in Mucus Factory, a five-hour piece commissioned …

All the King's Men Presents

Review
★★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

Perhaps I’m experiencing a cappella fatigue, but the singers at this show did nothing to wow me particularly.

Si L’enfant Ne Dort Pas Bien... (If the Child Does Not Sleep Well...)

Dreamland Theatre makes an impressive debut with this imaginative interpretation of a traditional fairy tale.

We'll Stuff You Once You're Dead

Review
★★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2013

Z Theatre Company consists of a bunch of likeable first year drama students from Hull University.

BonBon

Review
★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2013

Good children’s theatre should appeal to the inner kid in every adult as well as every actual child.

Carol Kidd Sings Cole Porter

Review
★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2013

There’s no denying Scottish jazz singer Carol Kidd has a sweet voice, although it takes a few songs to settle down this evening.

Roddy Woomble

Review
★★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

26 September 1999.

The Les Clochards - The Boys are Back in Town

The Les Clochards combine high-jinx, cheeky-chappy, faux-Francais, ‘Allo ‘Allo, theatrics with a level of musical inventiveness and professionalism that can only have come from…

The Gramophone Jazz Band's Late Night Speakeasy

Edinburgh’s up and coming New Orleans Dixieland jazz band means business.

The Blissful Viola

American violist Christine Rutledge and British award-winning pianist David Gomper offer a little afternoon serenity in the midst of the festival hubbub.

Charlie Dupré Presents... The Stories of Shakey P

Spoken word and rap artist Charlie Dupre comes on stage to the strains of cello and violin, an accompaniment that is perhaps a little at odds with his casual hip-hop style and deli…

Sweet, Sour and Saucy

Australians Tnee Dyer and Melissa Western deliver a set list of classic jazz and blues with light-hearted, occasionally risqué between-song banter.

A Mark of Water (Water Stain)

Patricia Selonk stars as Laura - a 40 year-old-woman, grappling with a deteriorating neurological disease - in this exciting production from Armazem Theatre Company, part of this y…

YurtaKids! 24583 Little Creepy Wonders

There is nothing wrong with the message of this show from the Italian company, Scarlattineteatro, but then neither is it particularly original.

Puss-in-Boots

This is a tale of two love stories running parallel: one between the cats Puss and Tabs; and the other between their owners, the hero and heroine.

Vive – Jazz A Cappella

Vive is a six-part a cappella jazz vocal ensemble from London that creates original songs and reworks old favourites.

Vegas Underground

Vegas Underground stood in front of a huge screen as a cartoon designed to put us in the mood for a night of Rat Pack-style music appeared behind them.

The Soil

All the way from Soweto, South Africa, The Soil is a three-part SATMA award-winning a cappella group with a mission to warm the hearts of even the frostiest Edinburgh native.

Starbird

Starbird is a delightful show, performed by two charismatic women, ably assisted by some very cute starchick puppets.

Johnnie Walker's Guest Night

Review
★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2013

‘Revealing, thought provoking and at times hilarious’ reads the flyer.

Phil Nichol: The Weary Land

Review
★★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

Three-quarters into this heavily autobiographical show, Canadian comic, singer-songwriter and actor Phil Nichol launches into a story about breaking his penis during a one-night st…

Le Gateau Chocolat – I heart Chocolat

If you thought you’d seen it all before, think again: Le Gateau Chocolat is here to shake up your festival.

Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra

Review
★★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra is a charming ensemble of ten ukulele players and one double bass player.

Review
★★
Ella Moran-Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2013

Lynn Ruth Miller is approaching eighty-years old and she’s on a mission to prove to us all that aging is amazing through a series of real-life stories and a mix of classic pop so…

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