The Festival Cafe - 11/08/2010

Joining Clare on the couch today at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre - Celebrating 40 years in show biz, stage star and legendary cabaret performer Peter Straker sings the songs of Stephen Sondheim, Jacques Brel and his good friend Freddy Mercury. He shares his stories from 4 decades in the business. The world's oldest cougar, stripper and storyteller Lynn Ruth Miller returns with comedy at its worst and a touch of song guaranteed to destroy your digestion. Having started her stage career aged 70 what did she do for the first 69 years? Ripping up the classics and rebuilding them round their audience, award-winning theatre company, Belt Up, return to the Fringe with a staggering 8 shows. Ranging from Homer to Kafka this ambitious collective explain why they're drawn to seemingly unstageable plays. And making their Fringe and UK debut, South African singing sensations the Bala Brothers have travelled a long, hard road to stardom. So good they've been taken under the wing of festival favourites, the Soweto Gospel Choir, hear these award-winning siblings first on the Festival Café!