Coronation Street star Katie McGlynn (Sinead Tinker) is trading the streets for her stage debut, joining the cast of Wish You Were Dead at The Lowry.
Best known for her seven-year stint in Coronation Street, McGlynn will be joining Casualty star George Rainsford and and Clive Mantle (Game of Thrones).
Wish You Were Dead follows five successful stage plays and the critically acclaimed smash-hit primetime ITV series ‘Grace’, which are all based on the best-selling novels by the UK’s number one crime author Peter James.
This will be the sixth stage adaptation of James’ novels – making it the most successful crime thriller stage franchise since Agatha Christie.
The stage play of Wish You Were Dead follows DSI Roy Grace and Cleo Morey as they take a much-needed holiday together. They are hoping for a few days away from their dark worlds of murder and the mortuary. But their dream escape turns out to be the holiday from hell, as the past comes back to haunt them.
Katie McGlynn said: “I can’t think of a better way to make my stage play debut than with this brilliant and thrilling Peter James masterpiece and am so excited to be performing alongside such an incredibly talented cast.
“I’m really looking forward to visiting theatres all over the country, witnessing the audience reaction to the many twists, turns and edge-of-your-seat moments in the show.”
McGlynn will take over there role of Cleo Morey from Giovanna Fletcher from May 2.
Peter James’ Wish You Were Dead will be at The Lowry, Salford from Tuesday 23rd to Saturday 27th May. For more information and tickets visit The Lowry website.
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