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Sheridan Smith has insisted her West End musical Opening Night is going 'really well' despite it being cancelled two months early after it was blasted by critics and audience members.
It was announced on Thursday that the show will now end its run at the Gielgud Theatre in London on Saturday May 18, two months earlier than originally planned on July 27 - as producers blamed a 'challenging financial landscape' for the shock decision.
Avoiding directly speaking about the show's closure, Sheridan joined hosts Amanda Holden and Jamie Theakston on Heart Breakfast on Friday morning as she insisted everything is going well.
As Jamie remarked that Sheridan is very busy at the moment, the actress agreed: 'Yeah I am the Gielgud Theatre doing a show called Opening Night and it's going really well.'
Fans have been left baffled and bored by the production, with scores of theatregoers streaming out of the show nearly every evening since its March 6 debut.
Sheridan Smith remains defiant as she insists West End play is 'going really well' despite being cancelled two months early after it was blasted by critics and audience members
It was announced on Thursday that the show will now end its run at the Gielgud Theatre in London on Saturday May 18, two months earlier than originally planned on July 27 - as producers blamed a 'challenging financial landscape' for the shock decision
And Sheridan seemed to also address the bewildering plot, as she explained: 'It's very different, it's very out there. It's kind of a brave bold kind of theatre. It's not the kind of normal thing that would normally be in the West End.'
Sheridan stars as Myrtle in the new musical - which is based on the 1977 drama film starring Gena Rowlands and is directed by Ivo Van Hove, with music by Rufus Wainwright
She continued: 'So there are no wings, the stage is stripped back, there's cameras so there is a big screen so you can watch it like a movie or you can watch it on the screen.
'And it is a play within a play, so it's about a company of actors putting on a show and my character is having a mental breakdown and it's whether she will make opening night.
'But it's brand new, so it's never been done. It's so different to anything else I've done because it's not like your happy clappy
