Claire Sweeney - 'forces sweetheart'.
In what may appear to be yet another story of soap stardom leading to a burgeoning music career, former Brookside actress Claire Sweeney's leap has propelled her not to teen-star fame, but to the West End and beyond. After a successful run playing Roxie Hart in the hit musical Chicago, Sweeney has been voted the new Forces Sweetheart, following in the footsteps of Dame Vera Lynn. Her engagements will take her to troublespots all over the world where British Troops are currently playing vital peacekeeping and other roles. Hand Held Audio has been approached to provide her wireless requirements.

Sweeney is currently entertaining the troops in Kabul, Oman and Dubai. She has taken with her a Shure PSM 700 in-ear system for which she has a set of custom acrylic ear monitors supplied by HHA. For back-up purposes, she has also taken with her one set of each type of generic in-ear monitor that Hand Held Audio keeps in stock. As HHA's Mick Shepherd put it: "Given the cast-iron guarantee that things will always go wrong in the most inaccessible areas of the world where even carrier pigeons are hard to get hold of, never mind FedEx, we though it prudent to supply as many spares as possible before she left! We've had no panic calls yet, so we assume that's good news."

(Ruth Rossington)


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