Eurovision

Ep 9: Paris, Frances with Frances Ruffelle (Tony Award Winner)

Ep 9: Paris, Frances with Frances Ruffelle (Tony Award Winner)

Tony award winner Frances Ruffelle is a singer, actress, mother, francophile and cabaret chanteuse. She originated the iconic role of Eponine in the first production of “Les Miserables” and took it from the West-End to Broadway and won a Tony award in the process.

Last Year I met her smack bang in the middle of London’s West-End. She had just finished a run in a new musical and the very first run of new cabaret show “Paris Original” to follow her Edinburgh smash hit “Beneath The Dress”.

We talked about her return to the stage after a long sabbatical for motherhood, the bizarre record deal where she never recorded a not but got paid a fortune and why she no longer sings her “Les Mis” showstopper.

Ep 5: That Night We Won with Niamh Kavanagh and Neil Delamere

Ep 5: That Night We Won with Niamh Kavanagh and Neil Delamere

Who doesn’t love to win? Whether it’s a GAA final or an argument with your partner we all love to come out top dog. In this episode I talk to singer Niamh Kavanagh about representing Ireland and winning the Eurovision song contest in 1993, a time when, as she says “Ireland were just starting to become winners in the world”. Twenty years later, people still approach her to talk about their memories of the night she won. Also comedian Neil Delamere recalls the night someone he had cheered for showing up in his audience.

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