Trip down memory lane with Rebecca Storm

Singer Rebecca Storm will be at the Town Hall Theatre this Friday night, performing songs from her most popular musical theatre roles including Evita, Les Miserables, Chess and Blood Brothers, along with other classics and a few surprises. She will backed by a full band, under the director of her musical director and husband, Kenny Shearer.

Over three decades Rebecca Storm established herself as one of the most popular leading ladies in musical theatre. She played Eva Peron in Evita, Fantine in Les Miserables, Florence in Chess, Rose in Aspects of Love, Edith Piaf in Piaf, Joan of Arc in Jeanne and most recently Miss Hannigan in Annie.

At 23 she auditioned for her first musical, Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers and although she was too young to play Mrs Johnstone – the Liverpudlian Catholic mother of seven children – Russell was so captivated by her voice that he insisted she be cast in the role. Her portrayal of Mrs Johnstone has become so popular that she still returns to the role after 27 years.

In 1992 Rebecca devised, co-directed and starred in ‘Hollywood Ladies, in which she paid tribute to her many influences from the silver screen such as Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews and Gracie Fields. The show was awarded Best Musical Review in that year.

Her recording career began in 1985 with a Top Twenty single, Putting on the Show, which she performed on Top of the Pops, quickly followed by Mr Love, the soundtrack from the David Putnam film of the same name.

Rebecca has been presented with awards for her albums; Ovation – a tribute to the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Broadway by Storm, produced by Nigel Warren Green and conducted by the legendary Harry Robinowitz, and Ireland by Storm.

Now based in Ireland, she has released several albums in the last decade, most recently last year’s double CD, The Essential Rebecca Storm, consisting of a live recording of her sell-out concert at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Theatre.

Rebecca Storm’s Town Hall Show starts at 8pm and tickets, at €25, are available from tht.ie, 091-569777 or from the venue.