Cheryl has revealed she once burst out laughing at co-star Jake Wood while on stage during 2:22 A Ghost Story.
The singer, 39, appeared on Thursday’s episode of Lorraine alongside co-star Scott Karim to promote the show after making her West End debut for the press night.
Despite receiving a standing ovation for her her portrayal of distressed mother Jenny, Cheryl revealed she got in trouble for laughing on stage.
Speaking to Scarlette Douglas backstage, she explained that as a theatre novice, she didn’t know what it meant to corpse on stage.
Corpsing is when you spoil a piece of acting by forgetting your lines or laughing uncontrollably.
Hysterics: Cheryl has revealed she once burst out laughing at co-star Jake Wood while on stage during 2:22 A Ghost Story
Debut: The singer, 39, appeared on Thursday’s episode of Lorraine alongside co-star Scott Karim to promote the show after making her West End debut for the press night
Cheryl said: ‘I didn’t even know that was a thing! Jake joined later on – I think it was the second show with him – and he has such comedic timing.
‘It’s hard to hide from how bold and funny he’s being.’
She recalled: ‘It’s a pretty serious moment where I’m supposed to respond to one of his questions and I just could feel it was bubbling and bubbling.
‘I tried to look away and it just came out. And then I couldn’t stop. The director was like “You get one of those. You corpsed”.’
She also spoke about her Girls Aloud bandmates coming to see her in the play, saying: ‘That, I don’t like. It’s an emotional thing.
‘Because we’ve had so many emotional moments together, I know how they’ll be feeling and thinking, and before a show I can’t handle the emotion of them being proud and of them being like, ‘I know you’re going to be…’ I don’t want to hear from them until after the show.’
Cheryl, who has followed in the steps of Giovanni Fletcher, Laura Whitmore and Lily Allen in the role, has received glowing reviews for her first venture into the acting world.
The Can’t Speak French hitmaker stars alongside EastEnders’ Jake and Louise Ford in the spooky play, which follows Cheryl’s character waking up at 2:22am hearing a haunting sound of someone moving around the house.
Cracking up: Despite receiving a standing ovation for her her portrayal of distressed mother Jenny, Cheryl revealed she got in trouble for laughing on stage
Newbie: Speaking to Scarlette Douglas backstage, she explained that as a theatre novice, she didn’t know what it meant to corpse on stage
Of her portrayal on Wednesday night, a source in the audience told MailOnline: ‘Tears could be seen rolling down Cheryl’s cheeks during the curtain call, in which the cast received a standing ovation.
They added: ‘Right at the front cheering her on were her Girls Aloud bandmates Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts, alongside Lauren Silverman.
‘There wasn’t a single hiccup during the performance.
‘She’s certainly proven herself worthy of the role, after surprising fans with the unexpected career move,’ concluded the source.
Taking her final bow, a slightly teary Cheryl flashed a huge smile at the audience while raising one arm into the air.
Clapping her fellow cast and crew, she was joined on stage by co-stars Scott Karim and Louise while taking their final bow.
Sharing a clip to social media while they prepared for the show beforehand, Nicola penned to her 348K Instagram followers: ‘Ready for our girl’.
Emotional: Cheryl shed a tear on Wednesday evening as she received a standing ovation following her West End debut in 2:22 A Ghost Story
And despite it being her first West End show, Cheryl insisted that she wasn’t too nervous.
She told BBC London this week: ‘No, I mean, a healthy amount of nerves in the previews which I think is normal, I would be concerned for myself if I had none. But not excessively nervous, no.’
The hitmaker then added: ‘I mean, a healthy amount of nerves in the previews which I think is normal, I would be concerned for myself if I had none. But not excessively nervous, no.’
Character: In the production, Cheryl portrayed a woman named Jenny who becomes convinced her house is haunted by a supernatural spirit in the show
Costume: And for the role, she was dressed in a floral printed burgundy dress with a high-neck and long sleeved design, layering a khaki cardigan on top
Cheryl has been a regular on the stage for her two-decade long career as both a solo artist and a member of Girls Aloud.
The star said that after having been a singer for so long, it’s been nice to try out a different art form.
She added: ‘I’m used to a live audience but not in this capacity with the laughter and the different emotions this show inspires in an audience. I’ve loved it, honestly.
‘It’s so nice after 20 years of doing the same sort of thing to have a different experience again. It’s been really fun.’
Crew: Clapping her fellow cast and crew, she was joined on stage by co-stars Scott Karim and Louise Ford while taking their final bow
That’s a wrap: Following a flawless performance, a source told MailOnline: ‘Tears could be seen rolling down Cheryl’s cheeks during the curtain call as the cast received a standing ovation’
Cast members: Scott Karim, Cheryl, Louise Ford and Jake Wood (L to R)
The source added: ‘Right at the front cheering her on were her Girls Aloud bandmates Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts, alongside Lauren Silverman’
Cheryl, who began rehearsing for the production earlier this month, is reportedly hoping to ‘reinvent herself’ with a big stage role after a three-year hiatus from the spotlight.
A source told new! magazine: ‘Cheryl wants to reinvent herself in 2023. She was on TV all the time, she was the sweetheart of the nation. But she stepped back for a while to focus on being a mother.
‘She’s excited to be coming back. Some things haven’t worked out in the past that she’s tried, but this is a very exciting time for her.’
Cheryl is reportedly pocketing one of the biggest fees in West End history for her stint in the play, with sources claiming she’ll earn £750,000 for four months work.
Cheryl wins rave reviews for performance in 2:22 A Ghost Story
She shocked her fans when she announced she would be the latest celebrity to take on the role of Jenny in West End play, 2:22 A Ghost Story.
Yet Cheryl’s move to acting appears to be paying off, judging by critical reviews for her press night performance.
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Claudia Connell praised Cheryl for her performance, saying: ‘As a sleep-deprived, stressed new mum Cheryl is excellent.’
She added: ‘Her movements on stage are less natural – rather stiff, in fact – and there are times when I miss some of her dialogue.
‘She also speaks with an irritating upward inflection where every statement sounds like a question.’
But despite this, Claudia said that Cheryl ‘rather holds her own in the performance’.
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Dominic Cavendish was full of praise for Cheryl, saying: ‘She proves a class act and – whisper it – is even the most understated player on stage.’
He adds: ‘But when it comes to the claws-out showdowns with Sam, the newbie actress is no novice, bringing something materially nay maritally real to the scenarios.’
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Rachel Halliburton gushed: ‘Cheryl transcends the fact that she arrives on stage pursued by celebrity glitter.’
She adds that the singer is ‘both funny and down to earth as Jenny’ and that she ‘proves herself more than able to ride the emotional rollercoaster.’
Rachel concludes: ‘Cheryl emerges from the ectoplasm with more than the ghost of a chance of taking her stage career further.’
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Arifa Akbar says: ‘Cheryl convincingly plays rattled new mother Jenny’ but adds that co-star Jack Wood ‘is the play’s strongest link.’
She adds: ‘As her own X Factor moment, it is respectable enough for a first go, if blunt-edged: big on volume and sudden, thunderous anger.’
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Nick Curtis calls Cheryl a ‘sensational event, in every sense’ asking: ‘But is Cheryl any good?’ before adding: ‘Actually, yes: certainly good enough to bring a new crowd to this superior, remorselessly effective spine-chiller.’
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Alex Wood says: ‘As for Cheryl, it’s safe to say she puts in an assured debut – sure, sometimes intonation wavers, while her angry outburst can occasionally feel unexpected and one-note (then again, so do most outbursts from those suffering from sleep-deprivation).
‘For the most part, it’ll be a turn that few critics will find major fault with.’
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Andrzej Lukowski says: ‘Pop star Cheryl puts in a perfectly solid acting performance in the latest iteration of the durable West End chiller.’
He adds: ‘The bottom line is she can act enough,’ but that it is not ‘a show-stopping turn’.
He continues: ‘This isn’t an inept or embarrassing performance from Cheryl. She struggles to project times, and the shouty bits feel a bit forced.
‘But she nails her lines, has good comic timing, and generally does her bit supporting the architecture of Robins’s play.’