Back to work: Amanda Holden will start rehearsals for Shrek The Musical and return to Britain's Got Talent next month following her tragic lossFollowing the tragic loss of her unborn child last month, Amanda Holden is set to return to work.
The 40-year-old Britain’s Got Talent judge will begin rehearsing for her West End role as Princess Fiona in Shrek The Musical next month.
She will be joined by former EastEnders star Nigel Harman, Richard Blackwood and Nigel Harman in the production, which opens on May 6.
But Amanda will take a week off from the West End later in the month, to jump back on the Britain's Got Talent panel for the show’s finals.
The announcement came just weeks after heartbroken Amanda spoke of the devastating loss of her child.
But a friend of the star told the Daily Mirror: ‘She is determined to get through this. She intends to throw herself into work and continue with the healing process.’
Amanda has already recorded the auditions for Britain’s Got Talent, which will air on Saturday nights as of next month, but the ITV1 show is being edited to ensure no shots of her baby bump are seen.
She had been filming the BGT auditions in Birmingham the day before going to hospital after complaining that she had not felt the baby kick for a day.
Up until then the baby had been really active, but the doctors were unable to save his life.
Happier times: Amanda and her husband Chris Hughes pictured in January before their horrendous loss of their baby sonThe star and her music executive husband Chris Hughes lost their baby son seven months into the pregnancy.
Amanda later thanked her Twitter followers for their support, posting: ‘Chris and I would like to thank you all for the thousands of messages offering support and love during this horrendous time.xx’
The couple and their five-year-old daughter Lexi then took some time out following the tragedy so they could grieve in private.
A friend described the boy as ‘physically perfect’, telling the Daily Mail last month: ‘There is no reason for this at the moment, the doctors have no idea what happened.’
Her friend added: ‘At the moment, Amanda is just unable to function, I don’t think it’s even begun to properly sink in yet.
Judging panel: Amanda is joined by her Britain's Got Talent fellow judges David Hasselhoff (right) and Michael McIntyre (left)‘She will never be the same person after this. The baby was physically perfect, just beautiful.’
Amanda didn’t reveal her pregnancy until she was six months pregnant and waited so long to make the announcement because she had previously suffered a miscarriage last year.
Shrek the Musical will play at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane and it’s not the first time Amanda has taken to the West End stage.
She has appeared in several stage musicals and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2004 for her performance in Thoroughly Modern Millie.
BGT auditions: Amanda arrived in Birmingham at the end of January to film the final day of BGT auditions and will return to the panel next month for the finalsAmanda Holden live filming Britains Got Talent Liverpool 21/01/11
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