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Skank Sinatra cabaret review: Old Blue Eyes remixed

It may not reinvent the wheel, but Skank’s drag foray into Sinatra’s work is wholly enjoyable 

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Skank Sinatra cabaret review: Old Blue Eyes remixed

Skank Sinatra is looking tidy. She appears, immaculate in a shiny red suit, hair like tamed candyfloss and on-point makeup. The show itself is just as neat.

For drag artiste Jens Radda, this is very much an ‘introduction to...’: the same show as last year but given a more apt cabaret setting and now in a bigger venue.

Skank ably showcases her talents, mostly in manipulating Sinatra’s oeuvre to her own devices but elsewhere takes a moment to sing in her Danish mother tongue.

Mixed in are anecdotes of life growing up in South Africa with mixed European parentage, moving to Australia at 12, eventually making it as a cabaret star and dipping out for a typically cool Teutonic experience at a Berlin nightclub. Along the way she finds both frolics and true love. 

There’s nothing massively groundbreaking here but it’s a thoroughly enjoyable hour. Looking forward to seeing more from Skank. 

Skank Sinatra, Assembly George Square Studios, until 24 August, 8.20pm; main picture: Fudz Qazi. 

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