smith's theatre credits include the musical "into the woods" at london's donmar warehouse, and shakespeare's "the taming of the shrew" and "a midsummer night's dream" at the open air theatre, regent's park. she also played audrey in the stage production of "little shop of horrors" at the menier chocolate factory, london, from november 2006, with the production then transferring to the duke of york's theatre in march 2007. following a successful run the production moved again at the end of june 2007 to the new ambassadors theatre, where its played until september 2007. smith was nominated for the 2008 laurence olivier award for best actress in a musical for her performance in the show.