Faith Brown cancels shows after collapsing on stage

Aug 6 2007 by Staff Reporter, Liverpool Daily Post

LIVERPOOL-BORN comedienne and impressionist Faith Brown has cancelled her one-woman show after collapsing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on Saturday.

The performer appeared to faint and fell to the ground just 25 minutes into the production of “Faith Brown and her Boys in the Buff” at the Pleasance Theatre.

The 62-year-old has been ordered to rest.

The actress has been forced to cancel her one-woman show, Faith Brown Up Front, which charts her career in entertainment.

Her spokesman, Kevin Wilson, said she was keen to return to work as soon as possible.

He said: “Faith is desperately sad to let down any of her fans, she’s an old pro of 'The Show Must Go On' school and is devastated not to be performing her two shows.”

Born Irene Carroll, she became resident singer at the Rialto Ballroom, Upper Parliament Street when she was in her teens.

She moved into TV with appearances on Who Do You Do, Ken Dodd's World of Laughter and later The Faith Brown Chat Show.

In 2001, she gave an acclaimed performance in Sunset Boulevard and went on to appear in ITV’s I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here.