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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 9:10:26 GMT
Really feel for her-she's said the show is her 'escape' and I completely understand the feeling of her wanting to go on with work as something to focus on (and her Dad probably wanting that too) but horrible if she's being pressured by 'the money' people.
And, as every, so called 'fans' should really take a look at themselves.
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Post by danb on Mar 2, 2016 9:35:36 GMT
I remember back in the day enduring a pretty grim coach journey to see My Fair Lady at the NT, only to find out that Martine had "one of her throats" and wouldn't be on. After initially being a bit peed off, Alex Jay more than made up for it, and I realised that I had probably dodged a bullet! Of course back then there was only a couple of message boards and the Daily Mail letters page to get cross on, so it was just them that tore her apart rather than the twitterverse. If Sheridan Smith is getting any sort of hate for this I say we storm the Twitter servers and rip them out. Remove at least one of her problems.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 9:46:12 GMT
I'm sorry but all of those people who are messaging her for replacement tickets because she won't be on are scum. I don't care how upset they are that they won't see her. Yes, it's incredibly disappointing when the person you have bought tickets for isn't on but really people? She's not off because she's got a bit of a cold or fancies a duvet day. Cut your losses people, enjoy the understudy (who is by all accounts terrific) and book to see her at the Savoy instead. I'm sure Sheridan Smith has better things to do at the moment than reply to all of their money grabbing tweets and sorting out alternative tickets for them. They aren't fans, they're the sh*t on the bottom of my shoe. And Sheridan is best shot of the lot of them.
Rant over.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 9:54:48 GMT
I think it's particularly annoying me because there IS the Savoy run and plenty of chances to get tickets and see her if that's the only reason they're going.
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Post by adrianics on Mar 2, 2016 9:58:08 GMT
I think offering to replace Menier tickets with Savoy tickets is already above and beyond anything anyone has any right to expect, purchase of a ticket doesn't guarantee a performer.
I will echo the sentiments: If it's true that Smith is being pressured to 'make amends' for her absence, or being made to feel like she has to explain herself, then the people running this show are scumbags and should feel utterly ashamed of themselves. If it's self-applied pressure then it's natural for her to feel that but the production team should be standing behind her and discouraging people from contacting Smith.
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Post by liverpool54321 on Mar 2, 2016 10:09:15 GMT
Planning to be at matinee Thursday. Seen Sheridan once in Funny Girl and twice would be great but as others have said, it is all about getting your priorities right and if that means not being able to perform, so be it. Her tweet response was interesting as infers that she will fulfil remainder of Menier but she left a question mark over longer term plans.
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Post by artemis on Mar 2, 2016 10:38:55 GMT
Her tweet referring to the Menier - "F*** 'em" may suggest she doesn't have a good relationship with them. What an awful thing for her to be going through.
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Post by freckles on Mar 2, 2016 10:42:18 GMT
I'm sorry but all of those people who are messaging her for replacement tickets because she won't be on are scum. I don't care how upset they are that they won't see her. Yes, it's incredibly disappointing when the person you have bought tickets for isn't on but really people? She's not off because she's got a bit of a cold or fancies a duvet day. Cut your losses people, enjoy the understudy (who is by all accounts terrific) and book to see her at the Savoy instead. I'm sure Sheridan Smith has better things to do at the moment than reply to all of their money grabbing tweets and sorting out alternative tickets for them. They aren't fans, they're the sh*t on the bottom of my shoe. And Sheridan is best shot of the lot of them. Rant over. But she offered! I really feel she shouldn't have done that, she shouldn't feel she has to. I don't think any pressure was put on her to do that last night, it seemed to be a personal decision to take to twitter. She should be concentrating on her family and leaving the box office to sort out those who wish to re-book. Although I agree that audiences should accept that these things happen. The poor understudy must feel so undermined. |
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Post by theatre-turtle on Mar 2, 2016 10:46:05 GMT
I don't think anyone would have blamed her if she'd just withdraw from Twitter and had her managers tell people to leave her alone. She doesn't owe anyone anything.
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 2, 2016 12:33:11 GMT
Oh dear.......
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 2, 2016 12:47:23 GMT
Clearly having a very hard emotional time with the news of her Dad and the pressure she is under from the producers of Funny Girl.
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Post by d'James on Mar 2, 2016 13:03:42 GMT
I'm glad Twitter wasn't as big when Whoopi had to pull out of Sister Act when her mum had a stroke and subsequently died. I don't know how any of these people can call themselves fans.
I do agree that Sheridan should take a break from Twitter. Just delete the app. for a while, not suspend her account and whatnot.
The production/theatres and her agents should be taking any pressure of her and giving her the time she needs. These 'fans' are the type of people who'd be the first to jump on her for giving a sub-par performance despite the understandable circumstances.
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 2, 2016 13:29:03 GMT
A few thoughts on Sheridan Smith.
I am a huge fan having seen her in Little Shop of Horrors, Legally Blonde, Hedda Gabler, Flare Path and of course Funny Girl. She is clearly an emotional person who wears her heart on her sleeve and this clearly is part of the reason she is such a brilliant actress in that she has an emotional depth and range she can bring to a role. Anyone who has seen her on stage cannot be astonished at her connection with the audience. In my view one of the great stage actresses of our generation. She can make me laugh and cry in the theatre in equal measure.
She also performs 8 shows a week (barring illness) as she is aware of her responsibilities to the show and to her audience. Imelda Staunton did the same thing with Gypsy - this takes enormous discipline and the mark of a true professional unlike many leading musical theatre performers in lead roles in the WE who seem to work on a rota doing only 6 shows a week and then loads of holidays and days off here or there. Leading roles in tours too seem to be on a job share basis! So due respect to her.
However, having said all that she should certainly step away from social media or restrict her posts to purely professional comments and try and keep her private life private! Especially if she is emotional and takes things personally which she clearly does.
She is a very well paid performer in her profession and her employers (like any other employer) expect her to be there at 8.00pm and do the job they are paying her for. Other people in less well paid jobs with heart breaking news have to go to work and just cannot afford the time off. She is ambitious and focused on her career. She will want to continue with Funny Girl, and her Father will want her to continue as well but she could afford to walk away if she wished to spend more time with him - a position most people simply could not afford to do.
I am a fan but recently I did speak to someone who has worked with her in a previous production in a stage management capacity and having listened to me gushing about her, very tactfully pointed out that she "could be hard work".
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Post by danb on Mar 2, 2016 13:35:56 GMT
A few thoughts on Sheridan Smith. I am a huge fan having seen her in Little Shop of Horrors, Legally Blonde, Hedda Gabler, Flare Path and of course Funny Girl. She is clearly an emotional person who wears her heart on her sleeve and this clearly is part of the reason she is such a brilliant actress in that she has an emotional depth and range she can bring to a role. Anyone who has seen her on stage cannot be astonished at her connection with the audience. In my view one of the great stage actresses of our generation. She can make me laugh and cry in the theatre in equal measure. She also performs 8 shows a week (barring illness) as she is aware of her responsibilities to the show and to her audience. Imelda Staunton did the same thing with Gypsy - this takes enormous discipline and the mark of a true professional unlike many leading musical theatre performers in lead roles in the WE who seem to work on a rota doing only 6 shows a week and then loads of holidays and days off here or there. Leading roles in tours too seem to be on a job share basis! So due respect to her. However, having said all that she should certainly step away from social media or restrict her posts to purely professional comments and try and keep her private life private! Especially if she is emotional and takes things personally which she clearly does. She is a very well paid performer in her profession and her employers (like any other employer) expect her to be there at 8.00pm and do the job they are paying her for. Other people in less well paid jobs with heart breaking news have to go to work and just cannot afford the time off. She is ambitious and focused on her career. She will want to continue with Funny Girl, and her Father will want her to continue as well but she could afford to walk away if she wished to spend more time with him - a position most people simply could not afford to do. I am a fan but recently I did speak to someone who has worked with her in a previous production in a stage management capacity and having listened to me gushing about her, very tactfully pointed out that she "could be hard work". So you've taken up 5 paragraphs to basically stick the knife in and recount a bit of snide tittle tattle from 'someone in the know' who worked with her. I wouldn't care if she behaved like Norma sodding Desmond in this instance. There is such a thing as compassionate leave; be you an actress or a shelf stacker in Morrisons. I'm quite sure that employment law is on her side in this instance. Of course she shouldn't get over emotional in a public forum, but she's not doing it because she's broken a nail. |
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Post by adrianics on Mar 2, 2016 14:17:45 GMT
Money, fame and prestige probably doesn't make your father being diagnosed with cancer any easier. Also really classy of you to bring up a completely irrelevant second-hand anecdote. And I would imagine most employers wouldn't have a problem with you taking a personal day to deal with such news.
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Post by johartuk on Mar 2, 2016 14:35:07 GMT
She's back tonight according to her latest tweets. Offering to buy people tickets (in once case even train tickets from Leeds!) for the Savoy run is a lovely gesture but she definitely shouldn't have to offer anything. No offence to those who accept her offer but personally I just couldn't knowing what she is going through. There are some real morons on twitter and what they're tweeting to and about Sheridan is ridiculous! That being said, she has rather made a rod for her own back by offering to buy tickets, etc. It was a daft (though lovely) thing to do, and sadly, some people are assuming that they have the right to pester her and be downright rude.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 14:41:02 GMT
Agreed-it probably would be sensible to step away from twitter but I fully understand the instinct to use it as an outlet.
And she might well be in a privaledged position in many ways, including having a job that is in her own words 'escapism' but many people use work at times of crisis not because they can't get time off etc (most employers will grant compassionate leave) but because it helps to have routine/something else to think about.
And frankly whether she is or is't 'hard work' has nothing to do with this situation either. What I see here is a young woman trying to deal with a difficult situation in the best way she knows how right now. Again I'm more inclined to judge the tabloids and so called fans than her.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Mar 2, 2016 15:02:03 GMT
Saw Funny Girl again on Sunday afternoon - my birthday - with my sister who is a HUGE fan of the film. My 3rd time seeing it and it's a lovely performance all around in this intimate space. My sister was a big sobby thing, Sheridan looks the audience in the eye and you feel such a connection to Fanny. Great comic timing and Sheridan sang all the songs really well! Extremely emotional throughout the show, very moving performance.
The news about her father. Sheridan has said over and over how close she is to her family (her "Who Do You Think You Are", and "Christmas Cracker"). I feel very sad that she's having to handle this whole matter with such publicity (although, for pete's sake, she shouldn't be on social media/any public forum when her life is falling apart); I believe the majority of people at the shows I've seen are there for Sheridan's performance so disappointment is natural, however Twitter is full of numpties who probably haven't got tickets but want to voice an opinion. I see the story is now getting major press attention. Her press agent should be sticking boxing gloves on Sheridan to stop her typing responses.
I'm there for the last night at Menier on Saturday - was hoping to see some huge love for the whole cast ... they've all been amazing (I love Darius, big gorgeous giant), the girls, the boys, Fanny's Ma and cronies. They'll all get my love, whatever.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 15:12:06 GMT
It's a fair statement. I do hope that all of those people who have taken advantage of Sheridan's promises of tickets and travel and meeting backstage have the good grace to kindly turn down her offers made at a very emotional time and to graciously accept the Menier's offer of replacement tickets at the Savoy with none of the travel reimbursements and backstage meets. I highly doubt that a single one of them has the grace to do so and will still want to take up Sheridan's emotional offers but one lives in hope that there is some hint of decency there amongst them. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 18:38:23 GMT
She has now said she doesn't want to do the show!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 18:39:07 GMT
Sheridan Smith @sheridansmith1 46 minutes ago
Why torture myself by looking at the daily mail comments but 1,I don't want to do another a show &2 Theres no secrecy policy.I say the truth
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 18:44:54 GMT
Oh dear. She needs to be quiet now and deal with what's going on at home. There may not be a "secrecy policy" but you can be damn sure that it's highly unprofessional and really doesn't show her in a good light.
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Post by kathryn on Mar 2, 2016 18:46:08 GMT
I'm pretty sure she meant to write 'I don't want to do another no show' in that tweet. She mis-types pretty regularly.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Mar 2, 2016 20:15:09 GMT
That girl needs to spend less time living every detail of her life on bloody Twitter and learn to have some privacy. I hope she can dedicate all of her attention to her family until she feels it's right for her to return to the show.
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