OHMYGOSSIP — Gillian Wright has suffered a broken wrist.
The ‘EastEnders’ actress – who portrays Jean Slater in the BBC One soap – was rehearsing for her part as the Wicked Queen in ‘Snow White’, at Chatham’s Central Theatre in Kent, when she fell and injured her arm.
She wrote on Instagram: “Rehearsing a wonderful Wicked Queen in this lovely script, with these lovely people at Central Theatre in Chatham..Took a little fall in dance …broke my wrist. Carried on with marvellous support from cast and crew and theatre, sporting a plaster cast, glittery sling and with the help of painkillers got through and did the Opening Night! (sic)”
Gillian later went under the knife to have a metal plate and pins inserted into her wrist, and as a result she cannot continue with the panto because her plate needs time to “settle”.
She added: “Surgery following day and suddenly my wrist has a metal plate and pins in it and I’ve strict instructions for the plate to settle and that’s me out of the show. Gutted. Can’t believe the enormous repercussions of a little fall. So much left to find with the Queen, lovely numbers and routines and rhyming couplet banter! So a bit… But! The marvellous Samantha Hughes has stepped in and taken on the role with exquisite grandeur and cheekiness and aplomb! Thank you Samantha for being so brilliant! Thank you cast mates for being so supportive! Will miss the adventure with you all! Thank you to Derwent Valley Hospital for their care and surgery and amazing recovery team! Thank you to the knit and chat group who donated blankets as the hospital heating went down and we got to take the blankets home! Thank you to @costacoffee girls in Chatham for the beautiful birthday cake and chocolates! (sic)”
Source: VacationHunter.Online