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Sheridan Smith made her return to West End show Funny Girl last night after nearly two months away. Smith, who stars in the musical as Fanny Brice, was signed off from the show in May, after suffering from stress and exhaustion.

Sheridan Smith has returned to Funny Girl.

In a statement on the show’s official Twitter account producers said: “We are delighted to welcome Sheridan Smith back to Funny Girl this evening (Friday 8th July). It is currently planned that Sheridan will play the role of Fanny Brice on Saturday 9 July at the evening performance, but not at the matinee.”

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Sheridan Smith has been signed off West End show Funny Girl for another month, due to stress and exhaustion. Smith was originally signed off from the show in May for two to four weeks, but her time off has now been extended as she continues her recovery.

Sheridan Smith has been signed off from Funny Girl for another month.

In a statement, the show’s producers said: “It is, and always has been, Sheridan’s and the producers’ intention that she will return to ‘Funny Girl’, and any speculation to the contrary is entirely inaccurate and unhelpful.

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Doubts have been cast over actress Sheridan Smith’s return to West End production Funny Girl, after show ­bosses failed to confirm when she would be back on the stage. The 34-year-old was expected to make her stage comeback today after being given “two to four weeks” off last month due to “stress and exhaustion”.

Sheridan Smith’s return to Funny Girl is in doubt.

A source told The Sun: “Sheridan was expected to be back for this weekend. The fact this has not happened is very worrying. Her time off was meant to refresh her batteries and get her head straight. But clearly it’s not worked and bosses feel she’s not ready to return.”

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BAFTA-winning actress Sheridan Smith has reportedly been rushed to hospital after collapsing at an exclusive spa retreat following her extended break from performances of her musical ‘Funny Girl’.

According to a report in The Sun, staff at the upmarket Champneys Health Spa called an ambulance on Sunday evening (May 22nd) after realising that Smith had fallen ill. Paramedics reportedly attended her at the scene before she was taken to Royal Surrey County Hospital in nearby Guildford for further treatment. Fortunately, she was soon discharged and is said to have made a full recovery.

Sheridan Smith at the TV BAFTAs earlier this month

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The producers of West End musical ‘Funny Girl’ have announced that its star, Sheridan Smith, is to miss up to a month of performances due to stress and exhaustion.

The announcement comes after the 34 year old actress missed three consecutive performances of the production this week in the wake of the TV BAFTAs on Sunday night (May 8th), at which many speculated that she was displeased at losing out on the best actress award for her part in ‘The C Word’ – a topic close to her heart, since her brother passed away from the disease 15 years ago and her father was recently diagnosed with it.

Sheridan Smith is to miss up to four weeks of 'Funny Girl' performances because of stress

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Sheridan Smith has hit back at her critics on social media after she was ridiculed for missing a West End performance last night following the TV BAFTAs at the weekend.

News of the cancellation of her performance in ‘Funny Girl’ on Monday night (May 10th), just a few hours after she was seen after the ceremony drinking with a number of fellow stars. To put this in context, this happened just a couple of weeks after a performance of the show had to be cancelled because of ‘technical difficulties’ halfway through, after attendees noticed Smith slurring her words on stage.

Sheridan Smith on the red carpet at Sunday night's TV BAFTAs

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British actress Sheridan Smith has lashed on Twitter against the producers of her new theatre comedy ‘Funny Girl’, saying that they have made her feel “pressured” to return to the stage despite her father recently being diagnosed with cancer.

The 34 year old actress was forced to cancel Tuesday night’s performance of the production, revealing her father Colin’s severe diagnosis in the process, and has since hit out at the show’s producers alleging that she’s being hustled back into performing too quickly.

Sheridan Smith says that 'Funny Girl' musical's producers have "pressured" her into performing

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Sheridan Smith will play the head of the tenants’ association who organised the campaign to find the kidnapped schoolgirl Shannon Matthews in a new drama for the BBC.

A two-part drama with the working title of ‘The Moorside Project’, Smith will play Julie, the head of Dewsbury’s Moorside estate residents and tenants association, who rallied and spearheaded a campaign to find the missing girl.

The drama, due to begin filming in early 2016, will focus not only on the 2008 hunt for the nine year old girl but also the impact that the eventual discovery that the kidnap had been engineered by the girl’s own mother, Karen Matthews, had on the community.

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Michael Grandage's updated take on William Shakespeare's centuries old comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, has finally premiered at London's Noel Coward theatre. Set in the 60s, the psychedelic and confusing aspects of the play work well with the bright costumes, joint smoking and dress up games; the fairies are reimagined as a group of stoner, free-loving hippies with actress Sheridan Smith as Titania at the helm.

Sheridan Smith's Shakespearean Performance Is A Delight.

The story, written in the 16th century, follows the exploits of four young Athenian lovers who become embroiled in a romantic mismatching after they enter the woodland realm of a civilisation of mischievous and meddling fairies.

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The TV-leg of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards was held last night (May 12), offering thrills, spill, tears and laughs as always, as well as indicating who the United Kingdom's next national treasure in waiting might very well be. Peep Show actress Olivia Coleman picked up two awards on the night, finally earning plaudits on the back of decades spent working on TV.

The actress, who won two BAFTA awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mo's Story) and Best Female Comedy Performance (Twenty Twelve), was clearly overwhelmed with her first win, and by the time her name was called out for a second time she could barely keep things together - but managed to get through without breaking down, a quality that will no doubt endear her to the British public all the more. This morning, whilst speaking to ITV's Daybreak, the actress explained her disbelief and how the wins compare with having children and getting married. She said, "I haven't come up with a good answer yet, it feels amazing, feels amazing. So I've lost the ability to be eloquent!"

Olivia Coleman's stock is on the up

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Brit actress Sheridan Smith will be reuniting with her Jonathan Creek co-star Alan Davies to her reclaim her role as Joey Ross, the supernatural investigator sidekick of Davies' titular detective character, in a Bank Holiday special of the show due to air tonight (April 1st).

Sheridan Smith will be returning to her role as Joey Ross for another Jonathan Creek special

The episode, which is the first Creek to air since 2010's 'The Judas Tree' special, is titled 'The Clue of the Savant's Thumb' and will star its fair share of special guests to go with the two main stars. As well as Davies and Smith, notable actors and actresses Joanna Lumley, Sarah Alexander, Rik Mayall and Nigel Planer will also be taking on roles for this one-off special. The 90 minute show will include all the gripping and sometimes gruelling details that made the show such a hit during the original run, with this episode following Creek as he investigates the disappearance of a dead body from a locked study located in a haunted Catholic girls' school and a local society that seems to have more to offer than initially meets the eye.

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Double Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman has, at the age of 75, finally switched to directing. While many were surprised it had taken him so long, others were distinctly apprehensive about what Hoffman may offer. As the reviews roll in it appears that Quartet is a light hearted delight and that Hoffman has triumphed.

As well an A-lister as a director, Hoffman brought in some of Britain's best loved actors and actresses. Maggie Smith, Billy Connolly, Sheridan Smith and Tom Courtenay star in a sweet story set in an home for elderly and retired musicians. When an old star turns up, a group in the home attempt to get her to perform again in their quartet, but with old romances and a worn ego to get in the way, it's a struggle for them to persuade her.

Rolling Stone puts Hoffman's skill down to his long career, saying he "directs with elegance" and describes the movie as "flushed with humor and tenderness." Likewise, USA Today was also impressed by the veteran actor's directorial skill: "Hoffman directs with elegance, allowing the denizens to be dignified, as well as adorable. We get a strong sense of each major character." 

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