Her act is heavily reliant on interaction with the audience, for example, acting as an agony aunt to the audience. Connolly was performing as Barbara Nice at the Palace nightclub in Levenshulme in 1997 when spotted by Peter Kay at the finals of the Manchester Evening News New Act of the Year.
Her performance heavily depends on audience participation, similar to acting as an agony aunt for them. In 1997, Connolly was performing as Barbara Nice at the Palace nightclub in Levenshulme when Peter Kay spotted her during the Manchester Evening News New Act of the Year finals.