‘It drives some people barmy’
With Billie Piper, Connie Fisher and Richard Griffiths all missing shows, it’s a boom time for understudies. Gaynor Aaltonen hears what life’s like waiting in the wings
Wednesday March 14, 2007
The Guardian
It’s two o’clock in the afternoon and Antonina Lewis is only now coming down from the massive high of it all. Sitting in her flat in Baron’s Court, London, sipping a cup of tea, she recalls the dramatic events of the night before - when she suddenly had to stand in for Billie Piper as the star of a major West End show.
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