

Georgina Castle with Laura Baldwin in her dressing room before a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella Andrew Lloyd Webber is pictured onstage during the Platinum Party at the Palace in front of Buckingham Palace on June 4 People queue to go into the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London, to see the last performance of Cinderella on Sunday night Union members demonstrate outside the Gillian Lynne Theatre on May 3 after the announcement that Cinderella will close

The composer, 74, said he was 'immensely proud' of the production, which opened last August, but was met with resounding boos on calling it a 'costly mistake'. With love today and always, Andrew Lloyd Webber.'ĭirector Laurence Connor had read out a letter from Lord Lloyd Webber on Sunday, who was not in attendance for the final performance. 'For now, I want to say thank you to everyone involved in Cinderella for all you have done. 'Everything we did was to try and support the West End and get everyone back to work after the worst period in our history. 'We were desperate to support the West End after two years of a devastating pandemic and the mistake we made was trying to open too early, meaning we had to postpone twice. I adore this production and I am incredibly, incredibly proud of Cinderella and everyone who has been involved in our show. 'Nothing could be further from the truth and I am very sorry if my words have been misunderstood. In a statement on Twitter, the theatre boss said: 'I am devastated to have been reported to have said that my beloved production of Cinderella was a 'costly mistake'. Then on Monday night, he said in a statement that he was 'devastated' by reports of him saying the production was a 'costly mistake'. Some claimed they found out the news on social media. Lord Lloyd Webber came under fire last month after the show's cast and crew were gathered for a meeting at which they were told that the show was going to close after racking up 'unsustainable' losses. Georgina Castle is pictured with her father, BBC Wimbledon commentator Andrew Castle, in London in May 2018 The show, which was staged at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in Covent Garden and suffered a number of Covid-related setbacks, finished on Sunday night.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that something else comes up.' So they said: 'We can't go ahead.' I felt c**p then, but you've got to turn it around. 'But they found out that Cinderella had closed from the news. I was trying my best to buy a flat and had the mortgage all in place. I was booked until May 2023 and, after Covid, that felt good for stability.

She told the Daily Mail: 'When we found out, it was a complete shock.
