Victoria Smurfit tells us about hitting the Lyric Hammersmith for a new adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts and heading back to Jilly Cooper land
Victoria Smurfit is returning to the theatre in a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts at the Lyric Hammersmith and is still in rehearsals when she talks to the Standard, perfectly calm and not afraid at all at the prospect of being on stage again because it’s only been…
“17 years!” she cries.
“I haven’t been on the stage since my third child was born, and he’s nearly 17 years. So it’s been a long time. The nerves are real…”
Yes they are, so much so the Standard starts to feel nervous too, hearing Smurfit talking about, “being on the edge of a black hole.”
She’s being funny about it – this Dublin-born actress is very funny – and at the same is clearly desperate for an audience to finally perform in front of to settle her down. That is, if that audience behave themselves….