"Watching Andrew Flintoff command the stage at the Victoria Palace Theatre, a place that on every evening except this hosts the musical Hamilton, is at once soothing and startling. We are, after all, not even three years removed from his Top Gear crash and facial injuries so severe he could not leave his house for eight months. Jahrad Haq, who operated on him, ranked it among the five most complex cases he had seen in 20 years as a trauma surgeon."
"And yet here he is back in full flight, fielding the unexpected with a deftness to suggest he has never been away. "Love you!" one lady gasps from the stalls. "Aw, that's nice," he grins. "Mum's in.""
Andrew Flintoff commands the Victoria Palace Theatre stage where Hamilton usually runs. The Top Gear crash occurred less than three years earlier and caused facial injuries so severe he could not leave his house for eight months. Surgeon Jahrad Haq classified the operation among the five most complex trauma cases he had seen in twenty years. Flintoff has returned to public performance and moves with energy and agility. He fields unexpected moments with evident deftness and elicits warm audience reaction, including a fan shouting 'Love you!' and Flintoff responding with an affectionate grin and remark about his mother being present.
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