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Baffled and bored... theatre fans walk out of Sheridan Smith's Opening Night musical BEFORE the break
Reporters who attended Opening Night at the Gielgud Theatre saw at least 50 audience members leave during the interval on two separate evenings last week.
Based on John Cassavetes's 1977 arthouse film Opening Night, the new musical – written by Rufus Wainwright and directed by Ivo van Hove – follows the life of alcoholic actress Myrtle Gordon, played by Ms Smith. In one of the final scenes, filmed and relayed to the audience inside, Ms Smith exits the theatre via the rear stage door and drunkenly crawls along the streets of Soho. At one point during the production, a live image of the theatre's audience was displayed on an enormous projector screen over the stage, revealing rows of abandoned seats.
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