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Cheryl in 2:22 A Ghost Story — it’s a chilling modern classic

The pop singer proves the snoots were wrong in her West End debut. Plus Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

The Sunday Times
Spooked: Cheryl in 2:22 A Ghost Story
Spooked: Cheryl in 2:22 A Ghost Story
HELEN MURRAY

2:22 A Ghost Story
Lyric Theatre, London W1
★★★★☆

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1
★★☆☆☆

To Shaftesbury Avenue to see Cheryl act. Snoots sneered when it was announced that the pop singer and X Factor judge had been cast as a scared new mum in 2:22 A Ghost Story. This domestic chiller is part Blithe Spirit, part Gaslight. It is set in a London house being gentrified by its new owners. Cheryl plays Jenny, whose husband, Sam, is an atheist know-all prone to ending sentences with “I think you’ll find”. They have asked a couple of friends round for supper. Clammy-fingered Sam only just makes it home in time, having mysteriously been away a few days. In