Camille O’Sullivan on in Olympia Theatre
The award-winning singer – one of the original cast members of the Olivier Award-winning La Soiree- has stunned audiences around the world with her sell-out performances including Sydney Opera House, London’s Royal Festival Hall, The Roundhouse and a show-stealing appearance on Later with Jools Holland BBC. Recently she sold out her 10 night run at Sydney Festival where she won a prestigious Australian Helpmann Award ‘Best Performance’.
Chameleon-like on stage, each song is a different character to inhabit with its story to tell, Dark, light fierce, amusing and mesmerizing, Camille transforms each song into “an intense theatrical experience, drawing her audience into a world illuminated by the dark and the light”. The show has also been described as “an emotional rollercoaster”.
“When she sings it’s as though her breath is soaked in paraffin – one spark, and the whole room would ignite” FIVE STARS Daily Telegraph
At Wilderness Festival 2015 she performed Radiohead’s music with a forty piece orchestra and performed Brel’s music at Edinburgh Fringe 15 (A masterclass in living a lyric – mesmerising’ ***** – Mail on Sunday) and recently toured David Lynch ‘in Dreams’ music at the Sydney Opera House, dueted with Tim Robbins, Todd Rundgren, Shane McGowan (London 02), and acted in Stephen Frears film Mrs Henderson Presents.
Camille was chosen by Yoko Ono to perform Double Fantasy Live at Meltdown Royal Festival Hall alongside Patti Smith and Sean Lennon.
She has won several “Best Music” Awards (Dublin, Brighton, Melbourne Festivals, Spirit of the Fringe Award at Edinburgh Fringe and Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Music Award (2011) and Herald Angel Award (2012).
Recently, Camille performed alongside Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Sinead O’Connor, Bobby Gillespie and Bono as a guest at Shane McGowan’s 60th birthday celebrations gig at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. she also performed alongside Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos in Jim Jarmusch Revisited at the Barbican and throughout Europe.
Other acting roles include the film Mrs. Henderson Presents alongside Judi Dench and Will Young, Constance in the Guardian’s Shakespeare Solos, the RTE TV series Rebellion as Countess Markievicz and a scene stealing performance on BBC Two’s Later… With Jools Holland (which lead her to support him at Royal Albert Hall) Camille was also chosen by Yoko Ono to perform John Lennon’s Double Fantasy alongside Patti Smith and Siouxsie Sioux at Meltdown 2014.