The first-ever stage adaptation of Steven Antin’s crowd-pleasing musical sensation, Burlesque, which starred Christina Aguilera, Cher, Kristen Bell and Stanley Tucci - will have its World Premiere at the Manchester Opera House next summer.
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A dad began to foam at the mouth in bed before ripping his own collarbone apart. Michael Holt's wife Lin woke up to the frightening scenes as her husband suffered a diabetic attack.
Michael, who has type one diabetes, had accidentally taken two insulin shots before going to bed. The 54-year-old fell asleep as normal.
But later on, Lin woke up to her husband foaming at the mouth, and she had to call for paramedics. As they stabilised his condition, Michael sat up in bed before ripping apart his collarbone, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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He said: "I was foaming at the mouth and my wife tried to help but at that point, nothing could be done. Paramedics managed to bring me around but I was still out of it.
“For some reason, I decided to put my hands on my collarbone and I burrowed into my skin and pulled it apart… My wife heard the noise and thought I was ripping the bed linen.”
Michael, from Heswall on the Wirral, had to have double reconstructive shoulder surgery following the 2015 incident - with 20 titanium pins fitted, and a metal plate was also fitted in his left arm. While on his long road to recovery, Michael decided he wanted to set himself a challenge.
After years of physical therapy and recovery, the dad-of-one is now setting sail across the Atlantic. Michael said: “I have limited leverage in my arms and I can't lift them as high as other people. But I can row with the best of them.
"I have always looked after myself and when I recovered started thinking about challenging myself to prove that I
The first-ever stage adaptation of Steven Antin’s crowd-pleasing musical sensation, Burlesque, which starred Christina Aguilera, Cher, Kristen Bell and Stanley Tucci - will have its World Premiere at the Manchester Opera House next summer.
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Greg Kurstin, Mura Masa, Danny L Harle, Count Baldor, Phil and Cash Cobain among others.Speaking of the LP in a press release, the singer said: “The record is about grief for a loss but being at peace with yourself in your aloneness. Journeying from hell into purgatory, but I’m ok with being there.”‘Heaven Knows’ is set for release on November 10 via Warner.
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