She started to perform solo shows under name of The Lorraine Bowen Experience; her act featured three songs, a Casio keyboard and an ironing board.

[3] Themes often include food, film stars (one of her most popular songs is about Julie Christie), mobile phones, fish fingers and launderettes.

After starting as a member of The Ladybirds, went on to work with Elton John, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Jones amongst others, but she is not widely known today.

Supported by Arts Council of Great Britain, the show ran through the winters of 2011 and 2012, drawing upon a series of experiences provided by Charlotte Glasson, Mick Jackson and others.

toured during 2015, been performed at Glasgay,[7] The South Bank Vintage Festival, Brighton Fringe,[8] Colchester Arts Centre [9] and Royal Vauxhall Tavern among others.

Offering a mash-up of a Shakespearean game of musical bingo, classic 1970s tunes and largely fictional showbiz anecdotes.

She also wrote the theme tune to Kitty Q/Katze Q[15] - in English and German - a game introducing 12-14 year olds to the world of Quantum Physics.

[24] Bowen is the author of The Crumble Lady, a collection of short stories for children published by Candy Jar Books in November 2017.

[25] After a successful audition to fill in for Cara Tivey's maternity leave, Bowen found herself performing her first show with Bragg at the Liverpool Opera House as part of the Workers Playtime Tour.