Remembering Piaf... at the Petworth Festival

Piaf ’s life was the stuff of legend, from her dramatic rise from Paris street urchin to star of the worldwide stage.

It’s a life Eve is delighted to tap into: “My family is half French. My mother and her family were French, and they were all singers in France. We grew up very much with the French chanson in our family. When we were younger, we would sit around the table and sing. I learnt lots of Piaf’s songs without realising it.

“I was fascinated by her songs and I would sing them because they were lovely tunes. I wanted to learn La Vie En Rose when I was about 12. My mother wrote out the words for me. And then Milord when I was about 14. My first performance was when I was about 16 at s