Movies and Musicals presenter Aedín Gormley talks to Alan Menken, the multi-talented composer behind the much-loved Disney soundtracks for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, Aladdin, Tangled, Enchanted and many more.
Winner of eight Academy Awards, with four for Best Score and four for Best Song, he holds the distinction of having won more Oscars than any other living individual.
Ahead of his Dublin one-man show at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, he talks to Aedín about his long and varied career, the art of songwriting, and why he was born to be a composer.
A Whole New World Of Alan Menken is at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin on Saturday 07 February 2026 - find out more here, and listen to more from Movies and Musicals here
