Perhaps mindful of
Frank "Where’s the buffet?" MacAveety’s less than stellar tour of duty
in the post , new Culture minister Patricia Ferguson has issued a list of performances she
will be attending during the Edinburgh Festival. We phoned Pat to get her in-depth
assessment of the great cultural events she will be appreciating anew, but she wasn’t
in, so we just made the following up…
Verdi's Requiem: About the death of Verdi.
La Clemenza di Tito: Something to do with flowers and Yugoslavia I think. Or am
I thinking of Clematis?
The Death of Klinghoffer: Wasn’t he the one out of MASH? Or am I thinking
of the funny Nazi bloke in Hogan’s Heroes? Dead? Honestly, I didn’t even know he
was ill.
Beethoven’s Symphony Number 7: This is the one about cosmetics.
Nuts CocoNuts: Er, no, sorry, no idea. The one I know goes "Nuts! Whole
hazelnuts! Cadbury take them and they cover them in chocolate!"
Craig Hill: I know this one. He used to be on the telly a lot. Sang
"Edelweiss" .
Wallace: The Man and The Myth: Christ, he’s only just resigned and already
they’re doing a show about him? Jeezoh.
