Adèle King (born Adèle Condron-King, 4 April 1951) is an Irish entertainer better known as Twink.Brunker Meets... Adele King (Twink) – New-look Twink on Life, Love and Glamour Sunday World She is from Dublin. She is the mother of singer Chloë AgnewTwink (Adele King), 57, is an actress and entertainer. She lives in Rathfarnham, Dublin with her daughters, Chloe, 18, and Naomi, 14 The Irish Independent, 6 April 2008 from the group Celtic Woman.
Career Stage 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, from which was formed the trio Maxi, Dick and Twink.Don't put your daughter on stage, Mrs. King - an interview/profile of Adele 'Twink' King, by Jack MoloneyBandstand article - The Sligo Champion (20 March 1970)
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'.Charity You're A Star – Coach: Twink RTÉ Television, 2007CHRISTMAS PANTO 'CINDERELLA' Limerick.ie, 19 December 2012
King has had roles in a number of theatrical productions in Ireland, including: Dirty Dusting at the Gaiety TheatreDirty Dusting Dublinks.com and Menopause: The Musical.Show pulled as Twink hospitalised RTÉ Ten, 27 April 2010was a member of the Irish showband The Big 8 from 1971 to 1974
Television King 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,Perry Como's Christmas Concert 1993 Kokomo televised to a worldwide audience of 880 million.Stage has been set for yet another Twink battle The Irish Independent, 21 February 2010
In 2003 she took part in RTÉ's Celebrity Farm and in 2011, she won TV3's Celebrity Head Chef, receiving €10,000 for charity as a result.Adele 'Twink' King wins Celebrity Head Chef RTÉ Ten, 30 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011
She has written an agony aunt page for the Irish magazine TV Now. In 2011, she was given an agony aunt programme on TV3 called "Give Adele a Bell".On the brink? Ring Twink! TV3 dials up some domestic big guns The Irish Independent, 19 August 2011 However, after a delay,Delay hits Twink's agony aunt TV show Herald.ie, 17 October 2011 the programme was cancelled in June 2012 without an episode being made.Agony as Twink's TV show ends Sunday Mirror, 3 June 2012 (archived)
She won a Jacob's Award for her performance in her 1981 Christmas Light Entertainment Special on RTÉ Two.
Theatre school King established a performance school in summer 2002, the Adèle King Theatre School in Castleknock and Greenhills. Pupils of the school have appeared on television, in films, and in commercials in Ireland and abroad. The school did not re-open for the 2008 autumn term.
She was accused of a conflict of interest over her marks for a contestant, known to her, on the talent show Class Act. Her reactionAlas, poor Bertie, time to go – Twink and Bin Laden? The Irish Independent was: "If Osama bin Laden's son was on the programme and he threatened to send a big squad to my house if I didn't put his child through, I wouldn't."
Personal life Twink married oboist David Agnew in 1983 and had two children, Chloë in 1989, who sang with the group Celtic Woman, and Naomi in 1993.
Twink's marriage ended after 21 years, in October 2004.Interview with Eamonn Dunphy, RTÉ Radio 1, 29 September 2007 In February 2006, David Agnew (aged 46) had a baby with clarinetist Ruth Hickey (28). This prompted an infamous phone call from King (54) to ex-husband Agnew. She recorded a hostile message on his answering machineTwink Voicemail GeorgieCasey.com, September 2006 which appeared afterwards on the internet. The recording contained coarse and abusive language.Irish panto star's phone diatribe wows cyberspace The Register, 13 September 2006
Twink described the Irish singer, Linda Martin, as a "cunt" during a tirade in May 2010. The two had been friends for 30 years but both said afterwards that they had no plans to speak to each other again.How I overheard 'pal' Twink's two-hour four-letter rant about me to cast Herald.ie, 21 May 2010Feuding Twink and Linda keep their distance The Irish Independent, 5 August 2010
Twink has pet dogs, cats, birds, and a donkey. She lives with her daughters in Knocklyon, Dublin. In April 2015 it was reported that David Agnew and Adele King face a bid by the Bank of Scotland to repossess a house which is mortgaged in both their names. The application for possession against Ms King had already previously been adjourned by the court."David Agnew and Adele King face bid to repossess house", RTÉ News
In September 2014 it was widely reported across major Irish media outlets that Twink's dog, Teddy Bear, was kidnapped. Commenting on the events, Twink was distressed, and she noted positively on Linda Martin that she helps rescue dogs, and is "a very powerful woman in the dog world" and that the kidnapping marked her own personal "Erin Brockovich moment". On 24 September Twink was reunited with her dog after a public tip-off led to the police arrest of a man in Dublin.
In April 2026, a new application by Pepper Finance to reposess Idrone House came before the Dublin County registrar. Neither she nor her husband turned up at the County registrar's court to meet the bank's application to take back and sell Idrone House. The house, worth €1.5 million in 2026 was bought in 2002 with the help of a €200,000 loan from Bank of Scotland. This loan, along with a loan of €30,000 taken out a couple of years later, were transferred through a series of lenders to Pepper Finance. County registrar Patricia Hickey said that as the new application had come before her for the first time, she would adjourn proceedings to July to allow King and her husband to consider their legal position. Legal council for Pepper Finance agreed to this.
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