Rebecca Storm: Leading Lady

BEHIND brand Rebecca Storm are two leading players: front of house is Rebecca the dazzling singer with a string of hit musical hits — Blood Brothers, Evita and Les Miserables — to her name and backstage is her husband/musical director Kenny Shearer.

When we meet in the Clarion Hotel in Cork on a grey Friday afternoon, it quickly becomes clear this a loved-up double act, with Rebecca frequently referring to Kenny for dates and details, all of which he effortlessly supplies.

“I open my mouth and Kenny speaks,” she jokes, adding that they first met at Cork Opera House in 1996, during Blood Brothers. Kenny, a bass player, was part of the orchestra.