Rob Murphy

So, yes, Rialto Rite Group, Widow Twankey.

I remember I came up to the audience in a little scooter and I put tinsel on the scooter just to make it a bit more.

So I suppose she was always there, now that I think of it, actually.

And, yeah, that was Widow Twankey in Rialto Rite Group and then the following year I got the Olympia Panto Dame.

Then I was kind of like, oh, there's something.

You were very young.

Very young.

Probably 19.

Speaking of age, I wasn't being seen for the audition for Buffy because of my age.

I was 24.

My agent submitted and we were rejected.

And then a friend, a typical Ireland, a friend of a friend, you know, rang Alan Hughes and said, come here, you need to see Rob Murphy.

I worked with him on a show.

He emceed a show for me.

He's hilarious with the audience.

You need to see him.

And Alan Hughes said, tell him to come by at half one.

So I walked into Tivoli and all these panto dames, the appropriate age panto dames, okay, were all outside there in their lines and all that.

And I walked in and I just remember I sang a parody song and I did audience interaction with the plain seats.

There was nobody sitting in the seats.