Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Hairspray




Hair Raising: 1. Mairead & Dave Egan; 2. Ellen Bernett, Breda Cashe & Liz Bernett; 3. Brian Ormonde & Pippa O’Connor with Chloe. (Pix. Brian McEvoy)

Hairspray the musical touched down at Dublin's Grand Canal Theatre on Wednesday night when the musical featuring Michael Ball rolled into town. The colourful show was attended by a host of well known faces including Gerald Kean and Lisa Murphy, Brian Ormond and Pippa O Connor, Mary Kennedy and Jenny Buckley. Linda Martin was also in attendance on the night and recalled how she sung against Michael Ball in the Eurovison Song Contest in 1992. He sang "One step out of Time" while Linda won with "Why Me".