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'Heartbroken' Sheridan Smith breaks her silence on the closure of her West End play Opening Night as she reveals why she took on the role which forced her to 'face my demons'


Sheridan Smith has insisted she has 'no regrets' about taking the lead role in her West End flop Opening Night.

Nick Curtis: 'This dismally muddled, self-important, furtively misogynist musical about an actress going to pieces squanders the talents of everyone involved, even breaking’s Sheridan Smith's unique ability to connect with an audience.' Stefan Kariazis: 'Not even a charismatic, soul-baring Sheridan Smith can save Ivo van Hove's abominable, misjudged musical adaptation of John Cassavetes' iconic, challenging 1977 film.' 'And Van Hove doesn’t help with his rough-and-ready mise en scène, which sets the action in a rudimentary back-stage environment, lined with dressing room mirrors at the rear, into which Myrtle sadly stares.'

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