All-star cast, 2 star venue\n\nAmy MacDonald was the act of the night, and she was great, even though the audience was a bit too diverse - all those chatty highlanders wouldnea shut up, even after she told them to wrap it!\n\nAnyway, the venue was fine, a good size,  but a random barrier a few feet in front of the bar made it really hard to get out without cramming into people - totally unnecessary and most likely a high  risk in case of a fire - not the I am a fire marshal or anything.  Acoustics were good.\n\nBar prices were as extortionate as I had expected - you know what gets me is that there are 4 great venues up Lothian Road (Traverse, Usher, Lyceum and Filmhouse) and none of them take the p!$$ with their bar prices - why do 'gig' venues feel the need to take my money and break my soul at every visit.\n\nThat's my rant over now, i was going to give this 3 * but I'm angry now so it will only get 2*