Edinburgh Fringe 2004 began disastrously for stunning Irish/French
singer
Camille O'Sullivan. 3 weeks before the start, in a headlining
slot, she suddenly found herself without
a venue when the Wigwam venue collapsed. At the last minute she found
a new venue in a different
kind of tent - The Famous Spiegeltent. She made a big impact with
just a few shows, with rave reviews
and ecstatic audiences.
One
member of the audience was Ewan Bremner - aka Spud from the
hit film Trainspotting - was so
impressed
that he got straight on the phone to film director Stephen Frears,
who was looking for an
actor to play a burlesque chanteuse in his new film Mrs Henderson
Presents, about the rise of the
Windmill Theatre.
Fast
forward to summer 2005 and the former award-winning architect is hoping
her luck has changed.
Mrs Henderson Presents - in which Camille is featured as Will
Young's partner, and which stars
Dame Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins - is scheduled for release
later this year. She also fulfilled her
dream of running away with the circus when she wowed crowds at The
Famous Spiegeltent at the
Melbourne International Festival in November.
Edinburgh
Fringe 2005 sees her back in her adopted home at the Spiegel Garden,
for 3 weeks, with
a new show which has been thrilling audiences from Brighton (Best
Music of the Festival Award) to
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
La
Fille du Cirque is Camille at her best - sexy and passionate,
amusing and mesmerising - as she
performs songs by contemporary writers including Nick Cave, Tom
Waits and David Bowie… and
maybe just a few of her favourite songs by Jacques Brel. Her
4-piece band includes leading Scottish
musicians and regular collaborators John Rae on drums and Mario
Caribe on double bass.
Camille
will also be performing in the fabulous late night Spiegeltent show
- La Clique - Un Spectacle Sensuel.
A
true Circus Girl... And a real star!
5
stars (only because I can't give 6!) - Edinburgh Evening News
the undoubted star of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival… Sunday
Mail
The Spiegel
Garden (venue 87), George Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Previews - Mon 8th, Tues 9th Aug, 8pm
Wed 10th-Sun 14th Aug; Wed 17th-Sun 21st Aug; Thur 25th-Sun 28th
Aug, 8pm
Tickets £10 ... Box Office 0131
226 0000
