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09
March 2007
Billie
Piper Back On Stage
After
Illness
Billie
Piper
is back on stage after
illness forced her to
miss two performances of
her West End stage show,
Treats.
The
former Doctor Who star
failed to appear on
stage at the Garrick
Theatre for a preview
performance ten days
ago.
The
25-year-old missed
another preview on
Tuesday, after
collapsing shortly
before she was meant to
appear.
Signing
autographs after the
show she said: "I'm very
well. I had gastric flu
but I'm better
now."
Concerns
for the former pop
star's health started,
after she was
photographed apparently
crying in the street,
alongside former husband
Chris
Evans,
who had watched Monday's
preview
performance.
Billie
Piper recently admitted
to finding theatre work
tough.
"It's
really hard in the
theatre and the level of
concentration is
terrible. I'm still
working it out and
trying to find my feet,"
she said. "I'm quite
stressed out and I'm
having a tough time. I'm
still very
green."
Billie
Piper plays Ann, a young
professional at a
struggling
newspaper.
She
is currently dating
co-star Laurence Fox,
who plays office bore
Patrick.
Audience
member Jane McKay, from
London, said she enjoyed
her performance on
stage.
"I
think she could have had
a meatier role. She's a
very accomplished young
actress and I think
she's got a lot more to
do," she
said.
Jill
Towner, from Cambridge,
said: "It was a tough
one for her first West
End performance but I
thought she was very
good."
Billie
Piper is the latest
high-profile performer
to fall ill while
performing in the West
End.
The
Sound of Music star
Connie Fisher will be
absent from the hit
production for the next
fortnight after damaging
a vocal
chord.
Fisher,
who won the part in the
talent show, How Do You
Solve A Problem Like
Maria? has missed
several performances
over recent months
through ill
health.
Richard
Griffiths, who appears
as a psychiatrist
treating Harry Potter
star Daniel Radcliffe in
Equus, has also been
recovering from
flu.
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