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Cheryl reveals surprising new career change after failed pop comeback
CHERYL is making a VERY surprising career change after her failed comeback to the music scene.
The former Girls Aloud star will make her acting debut in the West End show 2:22 A Ghost Story.
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Cheryl, 39, will perform at Lyric Theatre from January to April playing the role of Jenny.
She will replace ex-Love Island host Laura Whitmore who took on the role in September alongside Matt Willis.
Announcing news to fans today, Cheryl wrote on Instagram: "Hey!!! .. I am SO excited to be starring in the west end thriller @222aghoststory!!
"I will be playing the role of Jenny from January - April!
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"I went to see the show with a previous cast and LOVED IT!
"It is a totally new and exciting experience for me so if you’re looking for a fun night out & some entertainment in your new year tickets are available now….whenever you’re ready."
Hugo Chegwin, from popular show People Just Do Nothing, will co-star alongside Cheryl.
Louise Ford, from comedy Crashing, and actor Scott Karim will also join the cast.
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Cheryl last released new music in 2018, but it failed to hit the top of the charts.
She left fans unimpressed with her first stage performance in four years with comeback track Love Made Me Do It.
The mum-of-one returned to The X Factor - where she used to be a judge - and gave it her all.
But viewers slammed it as "embarrassing" and "painful" after she licked her own hand during the song.
Cheryl previously vowed to quit music if her comeback failed to dent the top 80.
"If the song goes in at 80 [in the charts], it's time for me to move on with my life," the star told The Guardian in 2018.
Her single Love Made Me Do It limped in at No19 as it was released before nosediving to No48 in official chart figures.
Cheryl, along with Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh, were left devastated by the death of their Girls Aloud bandmate Sarah Harding.
They've raised thousands of pounds in Sarah’s honour with a Race for Life and launching a charity pyjama collection with Primark.
Cheryl, 39, previously said her and Sarah had discussed their spirituality, with Sarah promising to come to Cheryl following her passing.
She said: “I think of myself as a spiritual person, and I guess Sarah does too, so there's been an honesty between us when we talk about what might be.
“I've always believed that the end of our life on Planet Earth isn't the end of everything and that we go to an incredible place once it's over.
“We've also made a pact that if and when she's left us, she's going to come back and visit me.
“We haven't decided exactly what form she might take, or what sign she might give to let me know it's her, but I said I don't mind as long as she doesn't come when I'm on the loo.”
Following Sarah's death in September, Cheryl has been convinced she was visited from the after life when the Girls Aloud song Hear Me Out – the same name as Sarah’s autobiography – started to play when nothing was turned on.
She explained: “I was driving to Newcastle last year and for weeks I had been fiddling around with my car to try and get the Bluetooth working and I couldn't.
“I was so infuriated with it I gave up, I let it go for a couple of months.
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“I got into my car and Hear Me Out was playing, my phone wasn't on, the music hadn't been fiddled with, nothing, I hadn't even plugged it in yet and Hear Me Out was playing through the Bluetooth.
“I laughed and then I cried. What did she name the book after? Hear Me Out, it was her thing.”
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