Strictly Come Dancing champion and former EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis has described how she was left “trembling” after a heckler interrupted her during a performance of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. The actress, 28, speaks about the shocking moment in her new BBC documentary Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs For Change, which sees her speak to people pushing boundaries within the deaf community.
Rose made her West End debut as Celia in the production, which was held at Soho Place in London from December 14 to January 28. Whilst performing she used British Sign Language on stage.
During the new film, which airs on BBC One on Monday, June 26, Rose recalls how the cast had to leave the stage when the man started shouting during their final matinee show. "He was standing on the corner and he was shouting. I didn't understand what was going on because I couldn't hear him," she explains in the film. Rose previously opened up about the moment on social media - read what she had to say here.
