A national treasure and an all-round entertainer
Sheridan Smith, Wales Millennium Centre
SHERIDAN SMITH is possibly a contender for Britain’s youngest national treasure and a jam-packed audience at the Wales Millennium Centre helped solidify this notion while helping her celebrate the end of her first solo concert tour.
One of her TV successes was playing Cilla Black, but as she tottered out onstage in the highest of heels, with her red dress and big blonde hair – not to mention that filthy laugh – she’s more like Barbara Windsor these days.
In recent years it’s easy to forget that Smith first came to prominence in sitcoms, but she is naturally funny, and is already getting a between-song patter and rapport with the audience, similar to her idol were in the audience and she dedicated Dolly Parton. a tearful rendition of This Is Me to her
First song was Rain on My Parade dad (and supportive fans) and was from Funny Lady, a musical in which overwhelmed by the response. Smith played in the West End and on Coming out for the second half in a tour, and it sets the tone for the night – sparkly dress and feather boa, Smith some show tunes, along with some clearly knows how camp she is, and oldies and – wearing a leather jacket camp it up she did throughout the night, with her name emblazoned on the back including a bit of slapstick with her – some rock. onstage “props” (chair, mic stand).
This tour seems to be a somewhat I’m reluctant to say she’s an all-round autobiographical catharsis on her part, entertainer, but sometimes a cliché is She told us she included the song Crazy appropriate. because “I’ve been a bit nuts for the last Smith is not just a TV actress who couple of years”, something that was well decided to release an album – she has covered in the press but there were no one hell of a voice and is immensely signs of it during the night. entertaining.
Half-Welsh, some of Smith’s family ■ Chris Williams
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