Bewildered audience members whisper 'I don't get it' to each other during interval of Sheridan...

Theatregoers watching Sheridan Smith's under-fire West End performance were heard whispering 'I don't get it' to each other during the interval, MailOnline can reveal.

While some audience members told MailOnline the show was 'a bit disjointed' but they were planning on 'sticking with it', others were already starting to nod off before the half-time break. 'I thought Sheridan was fantastic but I couldn’t work out whether she was the main character in the play or one of the supporting cast.

MailOnline found empty seats at the theatre on Thursday evening's performance, with a notable absence even in the front row. When the audience returned after the intermission it was clear that some had left, with even bigger gaps of empty seats appearing. Sheridan was handed a bunch of flowers by fans waiting for her outside after the show who she spent ten minutes with posing for pictures and giving out hugsJoe Cowan and Jane Croucher waited for Sheridan after the show and said they loved the show because it was 'mad and different'Brian and Pat Parker from south-east London poured out their enthusiasm for the production.Brian added: 'We loved it. We really did- couldn’t fault it.

Even before the show began, her fans were looking forward to it and insisted Sheridan would 'bounce back' from the critical disaster. Sheridan's Smith problem-plagued West End musical, Opening Night, has today been cancelled - she was pictured here leaving the Gielgud Theatre in London after last night's show

READ MORE: Inside Sheridan Smith's inner circle: The famous friends she will be relying on as her West End play Opening Night closes two months early One wheelchair-bound fan said as he went in: 'It's a great shame but I haven't seen it yet. I'm a big fan of Sheridan and a big fan of Amy Lennox. However, it seems her plea wasn't enough to mobilise audiences for the poorly reviewed play - directed by Ivo Van Hove and with music by Rufus Wainwright - which producers have now admitted was 'always a risk'.

Opening Night will now end its run at the Gielgud Theatre in London on Saturday May 18, two months earlier than originally planned on July 27

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