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Amanda Abbington commanded the stage as she made her debut performance in her new play When It Happens To You at the Park Theatre in London on Wednesday.
It marks the Sherlock star’s first acting role since she dramatically quit Strictly Come Dancing last year after accusing Giovanni Pernice of bullying behaviour.
The actress, 50, was on stage alongside three other actors for the entire 90-minute duration of the play.
For her performance, she wore a white blouse along with a pair of mauve trousers while her brunette locks were slicked back.
Amanda leads the cast in the thriller and takes on the role of Tara in the true story about a mother trying to hold her family together after a devastating event changes the course of their lives.

Amanda Abbington commanded the stage as she made her debut performance in her new play When It Happens To You at the Park Theatre in London on Wednesday

After the show, Amanda changed into a black T-shirt with ‘Quiet No More’ written on the back as she posed for photos alongside the play’s director Jez Bond

It marks the Sherlock star’s first acting role since she dramatically quit Strictly Come Dancing last year after accusing Giovanni Pernice of bullying behaviour
After the show, Amanda changed into a black T-shirt with ‘Quiet No More’ written on the back as she posed for photos alongside the play’s director Jez Bond.
The production is set run until August, 31.
In an interview ahead of the show, Amanda said: ‘It is the story about love and over coming adversity the subject even though it is what it is there is something joyful and uplifting and encouraging.’
‘When I first read the play I couldn’t put it down. I had to finish it in one sitting. I t is such a beautifully written piece of theatre,’ she added.
‘Any actress given this, it would be a gift if a role. It is a beautiful piece of story telling with incredible characters with a message that needs to be told.’
Amanda has appeared in numerous television and stage productions, including BBC One’s Bafta and Emmy-winning Sherlock, starring alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.
On stage, Amanda has also starred in the highly acclaimed The Son at the Kiln Theatre and the West End transfer at the Duke of York’s Theatre.