Sheridan Smith

Brexit didn’t bring down the curtain on Rufus Wainwright’s show. The play’s the thing | David Benedict

Word of mouth is vital if a costly West End production is going to succeed, and Opening Night had the wrong kind

David Benedict

11, May, 2024 @4:00 PM

Rufus Wainwright blames UK’s ‘narrow outlook’ after Brexit for Opening Night’s flop

Exclusive: Audience had ‘vitriolic reaction’ to European tone of musical, forced to close early

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

07, May, 2024 @6:00 AM

Inside No 9: dark, funny and totally riveting – this is the best comedy the UK has ever created

The ninth and final series of the ever-inventive black comedy is packed with stars and cements its status as a classic. It’s such a shock America hasn’t tried to copy it yet

Joel Golby

04, May, 2024 @6:00 AM

Opening Night starring Sheridan Smith to close two months early

Producers of West End musical say premature end is due to ‘challenging financial landscape’

Caroline Davies

11, Apr, 2024 @2:10 PM

The week in theatre: Opening Night; MJ the Musical – review

Sheridan Smith captivates, if the songs don’t quite, in Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright’s new backstage musical

Kate Kellaway

31, Mar, 2024 @9:30 AM

Opening Night review – Sheridan Smith’s boozy meltdown shakes up musical theatre

Smith plays a Broadway star in the midst of a mental crisis in Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright’s glittering and extravagantly original musical adaptation of the Cassavetes film

Arifa Akbar

27, Mar, 2024 @12:01 AM

‘It’s so close to the bone’: Sheridan Smith on her very public meltdown – and reliving it on stage

Eight years after self-doubt, anxiety, alcohol and grief caused her to unravel, the Olivier-winner is now playing an actress trapped in a similar nightmare. She explains how she is taking back control of her ordeal

Ryan Gilbey

21, Feb, 2024 @4:04 PM

Sheridan Smith says ADHD diagnosis helped her ‘make sense of a lot of things’

Actor and TV personality, 42, said diagnosis helped her understand her ‘brain’s background noise’

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

15, Feb, 2024 @2:17 PM

The best theatre, dance and comedy tickets to book in 2024

The new year’s hottest shows include stage versions of Minority Report, Spirited Away and La Strada, performances by Keeley Hawes and Ian McKellen – plus laughs from Julia Masli, Rhod Gilbert and Ania Magliano

Arifa Akbar, Lyndsey Winship and Brian Logan

26, Dec, 2023 @2:00 PM

Sheridan Smith to star in Rufus Wainwright musical Opening Night

Ivo van Hove will direct the West End production based on John Cassavetes’ 1977 film about theatre

Chris Wiegand

10, Nov, 2023 @12:12 PM

The week in theatre: Women, Beware the Devil; Romeo and Julie; Shirley Valentine – review

Director Rupert Goold and co have a field day with Lulu Raczka’s elusive new Jacobean folk horror; star-crossed Cardiff teenagers snare hearts and minds; and Sheridan Smith makes Willy Russell’s midlife monologue her own

Susannah Clapp

05, Mar, 2023 @10:30 AM

Shirley Valentine review – Sheridan Smith disarms and dazzles with heart and soul

Willy Russell’s 1986 monologue about a neglected woman’s midlife liberation is given new life in this perceptive production