Matt Lucas forced to quit show after falling ill | | UK News

Little Britain star Matt Lucas was forced to go away the stage halfway through a efficiency after his voice failed him. The 51-year-old is at present touring in the 2025 worldwide enviornment tour of Les Misérables: The Arena Spectacular, which is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the unique London manufacturing. The show, is at present in Australia where the incident occured. He was forced to abandon his function of Monsieur Thénardier, and go away the theatre on May 14 while an understudy took over during the manufacturing in Sydney.

Taking to Instagram on Friday he issued a health replace. “I’ve been having a magical time in Les Misérables in arenas across Sydney and Melbourne,” he wrote. “In over 30 years, I’ve never had to bow out of a performance, but tonight, as I was singing Master Of The House, I could feel my voice deserting me. So if Thénardier looked very different in act two, that was because the amazing Connor James took over. I am now in bed resting up, and I hope to be back on stage soon.”

West End star Marisha Wallace, who is starring alongside Billy Porter in Cabaret at the second rushed to reassure him in the feedback. “Babe there is some kind of acute laryngitis going round it got me this week and I rarely call out. So don’t feel bad you are smashing it. And REST!” she wrote.

His former Great British Bake Off colleague Noel Fielding merely mentioned: “Get well soon lovely,” with a coronary heart emoji.

Former EastEnders and Once Upon A Time star Sean Maguire commented: “I hope you feel better soon, my dear friend. X.”

Brave and Doctors actress Gail McKinnion wrote: “Sorry to hear you are feeling poorly. Rest up, you’ll be fighting fit in no time x.”

Matt was not too long ago forced to apologise to Stranger Thing’s Millie Bobby Brown after she confronted him in entrance of her 63 million Instagram followers remarks he made evaluating her to his Little Britain creation Vicky Pollard.

On Instagram, he mentioned: “Dear Millie, I just saw your post and wanted to respond, and provide some context. Nearly 25 years ago I co-wrote and appeared in a sketch show called Little Britain.”

He elaborated: “There was a character in it called Vicky Pollard, who had blonde hair and always wore a pink top, and in the photo you had blonde hair and wore a pink top so I pointed out the similarity by posting one of her catchphrases.

“I believed you appeared terrific and I used to be really upset when the media portrayed it as if I ‘slammed’ you, first because I never do that, and secondly because I maintain you in high regard. It wasn’t my intention to post something that would upset you, but I now see that it did, and for that I apologize. Matt.”