"Bawden's acting, her comic timing, singing, dancing and stage presence were all faultless and earned her - and her more famous main man - a joyous standing ovation on a buzzy, exciting night at the Crucible, " he wrote.

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She tried to play it off by awkwardly dancing around the stage, but was the laughing stock of the entertainment world for a few days.

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This is not the first time George Best's story has been told on the stage - a musical titled Dancing Shoes opened in Belfast in 2010.

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