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As April in EastEnders, Debbie Arnold was a funny and flirty sister. Her latest role sees her playing another sensuous sibling – this time to the snobbish Hyacinth Bucket. She talks to Steve Burbridge about her fascinating career, the pride and love she has for her daughters and the pressure on women to always look [...]

She’s wowed the West End, blown-away Broadway and frozen the famous with her cool comments when judging on Dancing on Ice. Now, though, award-winning singer and actress Ruthie Henshall tells Steve Burbridge why she firmly believes there’s no business like show business. Having performed leading roles in a multitude of theatre smash-hits, including Cats, Miss [...]

Three years ago he was pipped to the post in the hit series Any Dream Will Do. Now Keith Jack has finally got the chance to wear the coat of many colours and play the title role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Ahead of a week in Darlington, he tells Steve Burbridge about [...]

Although she is best known for her hit 1976 duet with Elton John, Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Kiki Dee’s career has spanned four decades and encompassed successful song-writing, pop super-stardom and a spell as a West End leading lady. Steve Burbridge catches up with the performer as she prepares to bring her acoustic concert [...]

Silver-haired dream machine David Essex is set to rock on at Darlington and have audiences hooked on his pantomime role, here he talks to reporter Steve Burbridge Audiences are certain to be hooked by Darlington Civic Theatre’s swashbuckling silver anniversary pantomime, ‘Peter Pan’, which will star former pop pin-up and accomplished musical theatre performer David [...]

HAVING been pipped to the post in Pop Idol, Gareth Gates has carved himself a successful career in musical theatre and light entertainment. As he gears up to take to the stage at this year’s South Tyneside Summer Festival, STEVE BURBRIDGE finds out what festival-goers can expect from the reality-show runner-up. IN an age where [...]

FORMER  X-Factor semi-finalist and West End leading lady Niki Evans is preparing to don the care-worn smile and cross-over pinny to play the iconic role of Mrs Johnstone in the smash-hit musical Blood Brothers on tour across the UK with various dates including Liverpool to be played by Mel C. STEVE BURBRIDGE discovers why so [...]

In stark contrast to her iconic role as the domineering Private Helga Geerhart in ’Allo, ’Allo, Kim Hartman is currently starring as Hyacinth Bucket’s nervy next-door-neighbour, Elizabeth Warden, in the stage version of Keeping Up Appearances. Ahead of her stop-off at Darlington, she took time out to chat to Steve Burbridge Famed for plaits piled [...]