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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2016 23:33:42 GMT
Poor Sheridan, what horrible news to get.
And oh, how I wish people's first reaction these days wasn't to lambast stars on social media. Thoughtless nitwits.
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Post by littlesally on Mar 1, 2016 23:40:10 GMT
Completely understandable that she needs to be with her Dad. I have tickets for Saturday's closing night performance but wouldn't think of causing a stink. So, we get to see an understudy. Hardly the end of the world.
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Post by theatremadness on Mar 1, 2016 23:46:51 GMT
Sherian said via twitter that she'll get tickets (and back stage passes in some cases) for the Savoy run for people who want them - incredible gesture if she is allowed to follow through with it. And just awful news to receive, so her choice to take time off from the show is completely understandable.
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Post by d'James on Mar 1, 2016 23:52:26 GMT
I can't believe some people on Twitter. She really shouldn't have to do anything like this.
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 2, 2016 3:30:09 GMT
Social media can be a very double edged sword as Sheridan Smith must know only too well. It can be very supportive and a great way to connect with fans but on the other hand some people hiding behind anonymity can be vitriolic. Stephen Fry has left Twitter (yet again) because of this. I would always take the view that if you would not say it to a persons face you shouldn't say it at all - let alone on social media.
Sheridan gives a wonderful performance in Funny Girl and it must be gruelling work 8 shows a week knowing the show hangs on you. She has a busy schedule filming between the runs at the Menier and the Savoy as well so this sad news must be very difficult at this busy time.
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Post by The Matthew on Mar 2, 2016 6:17:35 GMT
And oh, how I wish people's first reaction these days wasn't to lambast stars on social media. "The world isn't perfect and nobody asked me whether I was OK with that! It must be for a stupid reason! I need to attack someone without waiting to find out what really happened!"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2016 7:51:16 GMT
What awful news to get, so sorry for Sheridan and her family, and I hope her Dad pulls through.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Mar 2, 2016 7:53:14 GMT
If she's in a state (understandably) then not going on is the right thing to do. Why anyone would wish to see someone trying to perform under such circumstances is a mystery. The Twitter thing is also a mystery.
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Post by freckles on Mar 2, 2016 8:25:22 GMT
Sherian said via twitter that she'll get tickets (and back stage passes in some cases) for the Savoy run for people who want them - incredible gesture if she is allowed to follow through with it. And just awful news to receive, so her choice to take time off from the show is completely understandable. Although this is a lovely gesture, I think she's setting a dangerous precedent by personally making such promises.
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Post by wickedgrin on Mar 2, 2016 8:32:13 GMT
Sheridan Smith has just tweeted an update!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">People think I pulled out of funny Girl, not just yet.I mssed 1 show last night, back to finish this week <a href="https://twitter.com/MenChocFactory">@menchocfactory</a> then we'll see.❤️u</p>— Sheridan Smith (@sheridansmith1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sheridansmith1/status/704938055149469696">March 2, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Post by Steffi on Mar 2, 2016 8:34:07 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.
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Post by adrianics on Mar 2, 2016 8:57:20 GMT
Going through Smith's Twitter feed right now is something else, do people have no sense of proportion or shame? Why would you think it's acceptable to send her a message about how her personal tragedy has effected you?
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Post by danb on Mar 2, 2016 8:59:42 GMT
I really hope that she's not being pressurised into anything! When things like this happen it is up to any employer to be empathetic at the very least, and if they've given her the 'millions are riding on this' speech she should absolutely walk out on their production. You only get one Dad, and she should be allowed to lavish as much time on him as she needs without being guilt tripped.
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Post by Anniek on Mar 2, 2016 9:08:02 GMT
Hate some people.. What is more important, yous seeing one actress in a role, or the health of her family.. Oh, and when I saw Funny Girl Sheridan was off sick, and yes the first five minutes I was disappointed as I booked mainly for her, but Natasha was amazing, so although it might be a pity missing someone, you might also can get really surprised. Wishing all the best for Sheridan and her family!
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Post by adrianics on Mar 2, 2016 9:09:51 GMT
Sheridan Smith may be famous, but she is a person. Her father is sick. I literally cannot understand the kind of person you would have to be to think that she's somehow doing you a disservice by missing a show to deal with this news. She owes nobody anything.
And of course, she offers reimbursement to one person so all the selfish pricks come out of the woodwork. Sometimes I despair.
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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.
I also don't particularly blame her for broadcasting her emotions over Twitter, it's a pretty devastating thing to have to go through and people don't tend to think rationally in such situations.
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