‘It was a complete whirlwind’: Co Antrim soprano Emma Morwood on switching from school run to star as Iris Robinson in DUP opera

Co Antrim-born singer Emma Morwood has been marvelling about how an ‘ordinary’ Monday started with her leaving her children to school near Edinburgh and unexpectedly ended with her receiving a standing ovation on the stage of Ireland’s most famous theatre after she played the role of former DUP politician Iris Robinson in an opera for the first time.