Aged just 14 she had two number one hits, and before she turned 16 she was named the UK’s female singer. By the end of her teens the spotlight had shifted to the next wave of female singers.
Those heady days are retold in Shapiro: A Pop Star Musical – Kingdom Theatre Company’s new show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
It’s chimed with audiences who have sold out the packed, hot, small rom at Greenside in George Street, across its five night run which ends on Saturday before the company turns its attention to its revival of Sinatra: The Musical.
On the smallest performance space possible, a cast of five tell her story from school to recording to studio. Music features heavily with new songs interspersed with her classic songs, with Ann-Marie Miller taking the lead role.