You’re back out on the road – how much have you been looking forward to it?

I’ve been terrified.

I do worry a lot, I want the shows to go well.

It’s excitement and nerves.

I’m going back to some of my favourite places and favourite venues too.

Live shows are funny because you’re only as good as your last gig, so it’s about making it as magical as possible.

So you realise that you want to be open to what’s happening and being as truthful as you can be when you go out and gig.

If that means I’m falling apart in front of them that’s the way it is.

Is that something you’ve learned slowly in your career?

Oh yeah. Years ago you were taught to be something else but when you get older you realise that being on stage is working yourself out and delivering something for the people.

You’ll see people you’ve seen at gigs before and feel like jumping down and hugging them.

I would find that if I dress provocatively, or dress attractively as a female, it’s important to embrace all aspects of you, not just how you look.

I wouldn’t mind growing old disgracefully; wearing a catsuit and having my hair dyed a shocking pink. A lot of women say that they love the way I can let go.

I think that sometimes I step on stage and give myself over.

That’s what I learnt, to let go, because life is too short.

Brighton seems like a city you like quite a bit too?

I do love it. We went there for my second UK date in 2004 in the Speigeltent and I go back there any time I’m on holiday.

I stay in the old Queen’s Hotel, even though it’s loud downstairs, because I love the style of it.

You mentioned before about revisiting venues and cities, how much do you look forward to that?

Oh it’s great. It’s quite an emotional thing.

When you’re on stage you can get quite taken aback by certain venues.

Theatre Royal is very much like that.

We are playing some beautiful venues on this tour and that makes such a difference to the audience because you want to make it special for them. We’ve played in the Dome and several venues in Brighton but the Theatre Royal has that intimacy to it and I love the little stage door, I must have loads of pictures of me out there.

So for anyone who hasn’t seen you before, what can people expect from this show?

People have likened my show to an emotional rollercoaster.

The show is about a different variety of songs so you would have to watch about six YouTube clips to get the full picture.

It’s about storytelling and inhabiting songs.

Sometimes we rock it out and sometimes it’s beautiful love songs. It’s the sad songs I love the most but I surround them with joyful music.

In one of our last shows we had these vintage light up dresses, this time we have the moon and the earth as well.

People sometimes don’t realise how bonkers the show is.

I just show different aspects of myself.

This show is a very personal journey because the title Where Are We Now is very introspective and maybe even a little darker.

How important do you think it is that going to a show is more than just songs?

I thought I could go neutral but I need to have this thing that when it’s live there is a lot of love.

You should be as truthful as you can be.

It’s not a spiritual thing but it is about being in that moment.

I sometimes feel like my life is more real on stage.

You can do the same show every night but the audiences can differ and other factors should be embraced.

One time I fell off the stage and people said they didn’t know because I just kept singing.

People like to see a human being in front of them.

So why is this the show to see?

I think it makes you feel like crying and dancing and laughing.

You can come out and sing the songs.

I want to bring back some emotion and nostalgia and realness. I love meeting people after the gig and talking about the songs.

Have a drink, have a laugh and open yourself up to the experience.

Camille O’Sullivan plays Brighton’s Theatre Royal on Monday, November 26.