It was her portrayal of Kate in the cult film, Breaking Glass (first released in 1980) which saw Hazel O'Connor shoot to fame, writes Eddie Grimstead.

Chart success followed with singles such as Eighth Day and the number one hit single Will You. The album Breaking Glass spent some 28 weeks in the charts.

It would be fair to say that, since then, Hazel hasn't really repeated that sort of success.

In fact she turned her talents to acting, appearing in both theatre and television productions. It wasn't until 1993 that Hazel resurrected her recording career with Over The Moon Live. In the interim she had been involved in well-documented legal wrangles.

She released Private Wars, her last album with a major in 1995, before putting out her first self-released album Live in Berlin. That was followed in 1998 by the critically-acclaimed Five in the Morning. During 1998 Hazel took her autobiographical show, Beyond Breaking Glass a mixture of music and the spoken word to the Edinburgh Festival. The show was a smash hit and she subsequently took it on tour around the country.

Now Hazel has released an album of the same name, which features a number of favourite songs from Breaking Glass, along with some new material including the poignant title track.

Although she's now older, and certainly wiser, Hazel still possesses the ability to inject a whole range of heartfelt emotions into her new songs, and giving a new perspective to the old. Her vocal style is more captivating than it was were 20 years ago.

Hazel O'Connor returns to The Bullingdon on Wednesday one of only a handful of selected dates before she heads off to LA to continue work on a film version of Beyond Breaking Glass.

It's a rare chance to experience the power and passion of her songs first hand.