Late at night in the Oscar Theatre in Ballsbridge Mr Alan Amsby, otherwise Mr Pussy, entertains a mixed audience which is not camp, not overly queer: “us” in fact. Some of it is sharp enough stuff, some of it old broad music hall, but we are in a relaxed mood and we seem prepared to take anything. “I have a request here for Angela Dympna Joan and all the rest of the boys in Bartley Dunnes.” “If you are driving home tonight please be careful because twenty per cent of the population is due to accidents”.

There is a fire-eater, stripper, and amongst other revue sketches, a genuinely outrageous take-off of the sort of young priest that used to appear on RTÉ’s nauseating “Outlook” feature by a highly talented performer whose name I cannot catch. A general impression of some sort of bravery and defiance as well as of a native cabaret for struggling to be born. Good Luck to all concerned.

The first steps taken to stardom by Father Ted star Dermot Morgan, who sadly died last week, were recalled last week by Mr Pussy.

Ireland’s leading female impersonator, Alan Amsby, offered Dermot a shot at stardom in Dublin’s old Oscar Theatre.

Alan says he even gave trainee teacher Dermot his first priest’s collar as he developed the Father Trendy character in the early 70s. Alan said: “Dermot went down so well. He only had a 10­minute spot but we couldn’t get him off stage after half an hour.”