EastEnders icon Charlie Brooks is swapping the Sq. for the stage and becoming a member of Emmerdale actor Liam Fox within the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The legendary actress, 42, performed bitchy Janine Butcher within the BBC cleaning soap sporadically between 1999 and 2022.
Her most up-to-date departure noticed her in a tense cliff-top showdown with Linda (Kellie Brilliant) and Mick Carter (Danny Dyer), resulting in the previous going lacking at sea, presumed lifeless.
Upon returning again to the Vic, Janine blamed Linda for the ordeal and makes an attempt to evict Linda and her mother-in-law Shirley (Linda Henry) from the pub, leading to Shirley attempting to strangle her.
Brother Ricky (Sid Owen) was mortified by his sister’s actions and known as the police.
It was later revealed, off-screen, that she had been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment after pleading responsible and had given beginning to Mick’s son behind bars.
Now, she’s set to tackle a really completely different (albeit simply as sinister) function within the nationwide tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Musical.
Taking part in the a part of the Baby Catcher, she’s going to carry out at 13 venues throughout the UK.
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The manufacturing is predicated on the 1968 movie of the identical title starring Dick Van Dyke, which in flip was an adaption of a ebook written by James Bond writer Ian Fleming 4 years earlier.
Charlie shall be joined on stage by Emmerdale actor Liam Fox, identified for his function as Dan Spencer, who’s taking part in Grandpa Potts.
Liam left the ITV cleaning soap final 12 months with Dan being jailed for eight years for the demise of creepy Lloyd Sawyer (Matt Sutton).
Lloyd had been stalking Dan’s daughter Amelia (Daisy Campbell) and killed him with a single punch.
He revealed final month that he was staying along with his former co-star Bhaskar Patel while performing in London.
In a candy Instagram put up he wrote: ‘First day of rehearsals for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Tour tomorrow, being sorted in London for the period by my mucka Bhaskar Patel.’
‘Thrilling occasions forward.’
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