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Brunette Sheridan Smith is glowing as she leaves the theatre after playing an alcoholic actress in Opening Night
The actress, 42, put on a fabulously chic display in her simple ensemble, as she wore light blue jeans, a navy jumper and black knee-high boots .
Her dressing room, which she calls her 'shrine', is littered with pictures of her son Billy, three, and it's where she recuperates after performing her main drunk scene, which she'll improvise each night, that is so physically demanding she joked about needing to use shin pads. But despite her illustrious background in music and theatre, she felt the need to have singing lessons to ensure her vocal delivery matches the standards set by legendary US singer and composer Rufus Wainwright, the man behind the show's soundtrack. But its main star is on a dangerous downward spiral, fearing she's lost her youth and her mind and is also traumatised by the death of a young female fan knocked down and killed outside the theatre, whom she now sees everywhere.
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