Rebecca Storm at Cork Opera House

Rebecca Storm – long regarded as Ireland’s Premier Star of West End Musicals – celebrated her 25 years in show business in 2009, a career that has spanned performances on every stage of popular music from Top of the Pops to the West End.



Rebecca has established herself as the First Lady of Irish Musical Theatre – through a string of brilliant performances in Blood Brothers, Evita and the Streisand Songbook. Rebecca’s career will reach new heights in October next when she performs for the first time in the plush Grand Canal Theatre and in front of the TV cameras for her first TV special and DVD recording.



From the tender age of two, Rebecca has always loved to sing. After studying music and drama, she formed her own band and toured England and Europe singing mainly folk and rock songs. At 23, she auditioned for her first musical show, Blood Brothers, and although a little young to play “Mrs Johnstone” – Liverpudlian Catholic mother of seven children – the author Willie Russell (Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita) was so captivated by her voice that he insisted wardrobe and make-up went to work to ‘age’ the young actress.



Gaining rave reviews, Rebecca was capitulated into the world of musical Theatre, playing some of the most demanding roles ever written for leading ladies: Eva Peron in Evita, Fantine in Les Miserables, Grizabella in Cats, Florence in Chess, Rose in Aspects of Love, Edith Piaf in Piaf, Joan of Arc in Jeanne and more…



In 1992, Rebecca devised, Directed and starred in Hollywood Ladies. A tribute to her many influences from the silver screen; among them, Barbara Streisand, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews and Gracie Fields….and together with a company of fourteen singers and dancers, was awarded Best Musical Review ’92.



Her recording career began in 1985 with a top 20 single ‘Putting on the Show’, quickly followed by ‘Mr Love’, the soundtrack from the David Puttnam film of the same name. Rebecca has been presented awards for her albums Ovation, Broadway by Storm and Ireland by Storm.



On Television, she has enjoyed a wide and varied career, appearing as Guest on numerous Variety Shows and her own hour-long specials: ‘An Evening with Rebecca Storm’, and ‘Rebecca and the Cork Opera House’.



She was very proud to be invited to sing for the King of Norway in Trondheim, at his coronation in 1991 and has performed several times for the British Royal family.



Over the past ten years, Rebecca has toured all around the World, selling out in numerous Theatres, including the Glasgow Concert Hall, The Point Theatre Dublin, The Olavshallen Theatre Norway and many more.



In 2000, she released ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ and in 2003 ‘Celtic “n” Broadway’, recording with 60 wonderful musicians, including world renowned soloist and conducted by the Legendary Harry Robinowitz, (who described Rebecca as “the girl with the voice of a sexy Angel!”).



Off stage, Rebecca shares her home in the beautiful county of Kildare Ireland with her partner Kenny Shearer, a musician, arranger, songwriter and producer, and she is the proudest mum to Becky Roberts who is a teacher and singer/song-writer.