Freak fidget spinner injury forces actress to withdraw from festival
Doctors have ordered West Cork-raised, London-based, Ayoola Smart, 22, to rest for up to two weeks after diagnosing the head injury after last week’s incident at the Wilton shopping centre in Cork. She was standing in a shop when a child standing nearby lost control of the gadget and she was struck behind one of her ears.
Ayoola, who has appeared in BBC’s and ITV’s , as well as on The Globe stage in , had been cast as Serena the Mermaid in Cork-playwright Lynda Radley’s award-winning , which was to receive its Irish premiere in the Everyman Theatre as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival from June 16-24.
