Camille O’Sullivan

Source: The List (Issue 583)
Date: 16 August 2007

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5 questions

Singing the songs of Jaques Brel, Nick Cave, Tom Waits and more, Camille O’Sullivan knows how to work a Festival crowd so a bunch of our silly questions should prove no real obstacle to her

5 words to describe your show

Dark, edible, vulnerable, cheeky, flammable.

4 things that would be on your dream rider

Nick Cave, Marmite, a winning lotto ticket, a handsome, pretty masseur.

3 things you’d like to get out of your visit to Edinburgh

Money, my dream rider, the keys to the Spiegeltent.

2 influences on your music that you’d rather not admit to

Red wine and a schizophrenic personality.

1 rumour you’d like to start about yourself

Pretend I was deceased and than start a tribute band to the late, great Camille . . . bound to be more successful!

Camille – La Fille Du Cirque, Spiegelgarden, until 27 Aug (not 21), 9.45pm, £13 (£11).

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