opening night review

Opening Night Review: A production even Sheridan Smith can’t avert | Theatre | Entertainment

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Opening Night Review: A production even Sheridan Smith can’t avert | Theatre | Entertainment

Fresh from her triumph as Shirley Valentine, Sheridan Smith plays ageing Broadway star Myrtle Gordon who is losing her nerve days before her next big show following the death of a young fan. As she anaesthetises her guilt and anxiety with booze, the director, producer, playwright and actors start to panic over her fitness for the … Read more

Opening Night review – A sensational Sheridan Smith can’t save this catastrophic car crash | Theatre | Entertainment

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Opening Night review – A sensational Sheridan Smith can’t save this catastrophic car crash | Theatre | Entertainment

Talk about tempting fate… This show actually opens with a car crash. Oh, the irony. The production is more like a multi-lane pile-up, complete with overturned leaking oil tanker, giant sinkholes and possibly an earthquake, asteroid or charging rhino or two. Not even a charismatic, soul-baring Sheridan Smith can save Ivo van Hove’s abominable, misjudged … Read more