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Allen, who rose to fame in the late-2000s with
hits such as "Smile" and "Not Fair", is making her theatre debut
in "2:22 - A Ghost Story", a supernatural thriller which opened
for previews at the Noel Coward Theatre on Aug. 3.
"I know people say 'well, you've been on the stage before', but
it is a completely different experience," Allen, who has spent
five weeks rehearsing for the role, told Reuters.
"I definitely feel a huge amount of pressure."
The 36-year-old, said she was settling into a new life in New
York with her family and had no acting ambitions when, out of
the blue, she was offered the part.
"I didn't have an agent. I wasn't looking for projects … And I
got a phone call from a casting director saying 'would you be up
for doing a play?' And I just sort of thought 'well, no, not
really'. But then I thought about it. And I thought it was such
a great opportunity," Allen, who married "Stranger Things" actor
David Harbour in 2020 and has two children from a previous
relationship, said.
In "2:22 - A Ghost Story" she plays Jenny, a young woman who
believes her new home is haunted. Her conviction causes tension
in her relationship with her rationalist husband Sam (Hadley
Fraser). Julia Chan and Jake Wood also co-star.
Writer Danny Robins, who also makes his West End debut with the
play, said the story was inspired by a friend's "really
credible" account of a supernatural encounter.
"You know, there's a reason why we've believed in ghosts since
prehistoric times," he said. "Death is this big, scary, horrible
thing, this idea that we just all cease to exist. So we need
ghosts in our lives."
"2:22 - A Ghost Story" opens to the public on Aug. 12 and will
be staged until Oct. 16.
(Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Editing by Aurora Ellis)
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