(Report by Rob
Adams).
The Outhouse, which is home to
the weekly Playtime series of Thursday jazz concerts and hosted Playtime’s
first Fringe run this year, has been presenting jazz on the Fringe since 2009
and this year featured American singers Barbara Morrison and Lillian Boutté and
Barbadian saxophonist Arturo Tappin as well as shows involving Scottish
musicians including singer Alison Affleck and pianist David Patrick.
Its compact and bijou loft space
has become a favourite among jazz audiences and is recognised for the quality
of its music programme presented in an intimate atmosphere.
Now in their 20th year, the
Herald Angels are awarded by Glasgow-based newspaper The Herald for
excellence across the range of festivals taking place in Edinburgh
Collecting the statuette Kim
Finlay, whose family own and run the venue, said: “This is a great surprise
because I’m not sure we realised that venues could get awards like this. It’s a
real boost to have something we’re doing – and the venue itself - recognised as
being of a high quality, especially when you look at the fantastic standard of
the other winners this year and over past years.”
Formerly the Bank of Scotland Edinburgh Napier
University
The photo shows Kim Finlay of the Outhouse (far right) with
her Outhouse crew and (centre) Dr Sandra Cairncross, Dean of Faculty of Engineering,
Computing & Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier
University
Rob Adams.
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