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COVER STORY
WEST-END
GIRL
From being too shy to audition for Dramsoc while studying music and
sociology in UCD, today Aoife Mulholland (BA ’99) is singing in hit musicals
in London’s West End. Declan Cashin met up with the star from Salthill
HEN I first tried to phone Aoife Mulholland old has become one of the brightest stars in London’s musical
W
(BA ’99) to arrange this interview, I was firmament, landing the killer role of Roxie Hart in Chicago, and
momentarily perplexed to be answered by a now playing Maria twice a week in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
harmonising chorus of singing ladies. It turns revamped The Sound of Music.
out that Aoife’s voicemail consists of her and The Salthill native’s life may have been a rollercoaster for the
some friends warbling the greeting, past two years, but the experience of being put through the
interrupted by sporadic fits of giggles. wringer on a gruelling reality show has turned out to be terrific
That message tells you a lot about this Galway gal: she’s fun, preparation for a career in the notoriously tough world
brimming with personality and singing is her life. So when it of showbiz.
came to picking a spot to meet for a chat in London, it seemed “At the time, it was an extremely difficult thing to go through,”
fitting to choose the Soho Hotel right in the heart of the West Aoife recalls. “The pressure was immense. Singing live on TV every
End, a district where Aoife is very much at home these days. week and doing interviews with the media was tough, and just
Ever since appearing on the BBC talent hunt How Do You the pressure of having people relying on you, especially
Solve A Problem Like Maria? in the summer of 2006, the 29 year from home.
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