Jay Weston managed to come from Australia
to Edinburgh for a short run during the Fringe Festival but also
managed to catch a bad cold and throat infection. I was unaware of
the extent of his illness but was aware of his coughing and
occasional difficulty breathing during some of his performance,
although I was at the time slightly disappointed with some of the
arrangements of the numbers from musicals I love, I thought the
overall performance fairly creditable.
It was not until I got home and was able to
listen to his CD I realised just how much he was struggling, it was
very much a case of the show must go on and it did for at least two
performances then he cancelled some shows. I don’t know if he was
able to continue on any other nights, I do know that those who had
booked to see him and did not, missed out on a great performer and a
potentially superb show.
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