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Camille O'Sullivan: The Dark Angel

Phil McIntyre Entertainment

With a sweeping gothic entrance and a sinister, almost schizoid, streak of avant-gardism underpinning her performance, Camille's warmly-welcomed return to the Edinburgh Festival is again a fine exhibition of (one might term it 'gonzo') cabaret. Vacillating between the identities of sultry burlesque vixen and dark magus, an arresting natural performer lies somewhere between, her wine-soaked alto voice and fascinating sense of performance revelling in a close audience as the foil for all masks of the voice. Swelling interpretations of known classics from Bowie to Nick Cave show off the band's well rehearsed skills, but Camille herself is the absolute spectacle: epic, emotionally intense and involving, worth seeing.

Assembly @ Assembly Hall, 7 - 31 Aug (not 11, 18, 25), 10.00pm, prices vary, fpp 141

tw rating: 4/5

published: Aug-2009

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