DEAR WORLD Matinee Cancelled Due To Star's Illness; Show Goes On Tonight!

BWW:UK understands that the matinee performance of Dear World, starring Betty Buckley, was cancelled this afternoon due to the illness of co-star Paul Nicholas.

The show began previews at the Charing Cross Theatre this week.

Cast member Craig Nicholls has taken Nicholas's role as the Sewerman - rehearsing it in the space of three hours this afternoon to enable the curtain to go up tonight.

During this evening's interval, Rebecca Lock, who plays Gabrielle, described Nicholls's performance as "superb".

After spending her formative years reading books and ending up with a Masters degree in English literature from King's College London, it was inevitable that Carrie should be a journalist. Her pure and simple delight in the art-form of musical theatre led to the Guardian asking her to be their West End Girl. Since then, she's picked up a PhD, and also written for many other UK publications, including the Times and the Independent. She has many eclectic loves, including sport, karaoke, reality television, MMORPGs, three-volume Victorian novels, the British seaside, embroidery and Veronica Mars.

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