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In 1998 a 17-year-old Sheridan Smith starred in Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods at the Donmar Warehouse in London. In a Guardian interview she recalled greeting the revered composer with a cheery ‘Hiya, Steve!’ (His reply: ‘I take it you’re playing Little Red Riding Hood?’)
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Smith was a member of National Youth Music Theatre from 1996 to 1999. In her last year she played Dorothy Hardcastle in The Kissing Dance, staged by the company at the Linbury studio in London.
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With Don McManus in Ancient Lights by Shelagh Stephenson at Hampstead theatre, 2000
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With Sally Rogers in The People Are Friendly by Michael Wynne at the Royal Court in London, 2002
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As Hermia, second from right, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Open Air theatre in Regent’s Park, 2006, alongside (from left) Summer Strallen, Dominic Marsh and David Partridge. Smith returned to the play in 2013, in the West End, playing Hippolyta
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Alongside Paul Keating in Little Shop of Horrors at the Menier Chocolate Factory, 2006. The production went on to have two West End runs
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Jamie Foreman, Sheridan Smith and Bryan Dick in Tinderbox by Lucy Kirkwood at the Bush theatre, 2008
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As Elle Woods in the musical Legally Blonde at the Savoy theatre, 2010. She won an Olivier award for her performance.
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With Sienna Miller in Flare Path by Terence Rattigan at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, 2011, which brought her another Olivier award
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In the title role of Hedda Gabler, with Daniel Lapaine, at the Old Vic, 2012
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As Fanny Brice during the curtain call for Funny Girl in the West End in 2016. Smith also played the role on tour
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With Jason Donovan in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium, 2019
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Smith stars in Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine at the Duke of York’s theatre from 17 February to 3 June
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