Hermine is an essentially unclassifiable performer, whose career spans acting, comedy and tightrope walking as well as singing. Born in Paris, Hermine Demoriane performed as a tightrope walker in the 1970s, including an appearance in Derek Jarman’s punk film Jubilee in 1977. Her recording career included two albums, The World On My Plates (Crammed, 1982) and Lonely at the Top (Salome, 1984). She has also provided vocals for the television comedies French & Saunders and Absolutely Fabulous, and published a book, The Tightrope Walker.

"The World On My Plates" features six songs, including skewed covers of Blue Angel and Too Many Men In My Life, both staples of her sets at the Comic Strip, and flaunting her deliberately erratic vocal style. The seven bonus tracks include all sides from her first three singles, including Born a Woman, TV Lovers and Torture, the latter recorded for Virgin in 1980 and produced by David Cunningham of the Flying Lizards.