Adele King

Adèle King (born Adèle Condron-King, 4 April 1951) is an Irish entertainer better known as Twink from her time as a member of a group called Maxi, Dick and Twink which was a girl band in Ireland in the late 1960s and 1970s. She is the mother of singer Chloë Agnew from the group Celtic Woman.

Adèle King began singing and acting at the age of five. She was a Gaiety Kiddie and worked in pantomime with performers such as Jimmy O'Dea, Milo O'Shea and Maureen Potter. She was also a Young Dublin Singer.

She has spent more than 30 years in Dublin's theatres: 26 years in the Gaiety Theatre, two years in the Point Theatre and five years in the Olympia Theatre. At the Olympia Theatre she co-produced and co-wrote much of the shows. She has been described as Ireland's 'Panto Queen'.

Twink has had roles in a number of theatrical productions in Ireland, including:

The opening night of Menopause: The Musical due to take place at the Tivoli on 27 April 2010, was cancelled after Twink was hospitalised.

Twink has appeared on Irish television regularly since the late 1960s. She has starred in her own series Twink on RTÉ. She spent ten years on Play the Game, and has made many appearances as a guest on a wide range of programmes, including RTÉ's The Late Late Show, being the subject of a tribute on that show in 2005. She also was the subject of a weekend visit by the television programme Livin' with Lucy with Lucy Kennedy.

In 1993 she was the guest act at a Christmas concert by Perry Como at Dublin's Point Theatre, televised to a worldwide audience of 880 million.

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