Nottingham actress Rebecca Grant has returned to the midlands scene of some of her previous TV triumphs to take to the theatre stage for a hit production in Manchester and Stoke on Trent.
The show – Around the World in 80 Days – has already received a rare five star review in the theatre magazine, The Stage. The magazine reviewer described it as a “clever, uplifting romp around the world” and “a sheer joy from start to finish.”
And locally in Stoke on Trent it has been widely acclaimed and attracted increasingly large audiences.
For Rebecca, a former star of the award winning TV series, Holby City, it is a return to region where she has also starred as hardheaded lawyer, Shaheen Wazir, in episodes of the TV prison series, Prisoners Wives, and in episodes of Emmerdale.
In the current production, which she says is one of the “most fun shows” she has ever been in. She is one of a cast of eight and plays the role of Princess Aouda. That role was taken in the original film of Around the World in 80 Days by Shirley MacLaine.
The initial run of the show is at Stoke on Trent’s New Vic Theatre and when that ends the cast will head for Manchester where the show will go on from 22 July to 16 August at the Manchester Royal Exchange.
By Roger Pearson
UK LAW NEWS
