A TEAM of TV talents are swapping soaps for spam sandwiches this spring as wartime comedy And A Nightingale Sang comes to the Stephen Joseph Theatre.
Best known for playing Hollyoaks' Sally Hunter, actress Katherine Dow Blyton is joining forces with EastEnders director Sarah Punshon for the production, filled with musical favourites from the forties.
In the Second World War in Newcastle-upon-Ty
ne, the Stotts are an eccentric family waging their personal battles against the terrifying backdrop of war.
Amid the air raid sirens and fears of poison gas, Mam makes spam sandwiches, Dad makes his own entertainment, Grandpa mourns his dead whippet while daughters Joyce and Helen discover the joy and heartbreak of first love.
Katherine Dow Blyton has been a regular face on television since the 1990s in shows such as Coronation Street, Cracker, Where the Heart Is, not to mention alongside Ewan McGregor in hit Brit-flick, Brassed Off, as well as being known to millions as suffering mum Sally Hunter in Hollyoaks.
And A Nightingale Sang is directed by BBC director Sarah Punshon.
Sarah has directed EastEnders, Doctors, and ITV's Emmerdale.
The cast also stars Jack Bennett, Anna Doolan, Michael Imerson, Ged McKenna, Laura Norton and Simeon Truby.
And A Nightingale Sang has been produced as a partnership between the Staffordshire theatre in-the-round and Oldham Coliseum Theatre.
The production comes to the Stephen Joseph Theatre from tomorrow to 6 March.
