Beverley Callard chats about new stage play The Thunder Girls

There's a wonderful interview with Beverley Callard, who plays Liz McDonald in Coronation Street, over at the Manchester Evening News website.

Beverley will be taking time out from Corrie later this year to star in a new stage play called The Thunder Girls. You can read more on that here.

“I love Corrie,” Beverley tells the M.E.N. “I have been on it 30 years this year, and the reason why is because it is a very matriarchal show. Well this is a matriarchal play. What’s great about this script is it isn’t 15 men and three women. We need more of this.

“More often than not you will watch a film and a 50-year-old male lead will have a 30-year-old wife. If it’s the other way around she is called a cougar and he’s her toy boy.

“This play is about real women. They have been hurt, they have been happy, they have been loved, they’ve had their heart broken.

“This is the night they get together having not seen each other for 30 years, and the audience is a part of it.”

“Often I think the best is yet to come for me,” she added. “I’m offered so much work and I love my job. I can’t ever imagine retiring as an actor. I’m just going to keep on going.”

The Thunder Girls has its premiere preview run at the Lowry Theatre, Salford Quays, from September 24 – 28.

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Beverley Callard extends run in Rocky Horror to Liverpool

Beverley Callard, who plays Liz McDonald in Coronation Street, was playing the role of narrator in The Rocky Horror Show in Manchester earlier this year.

And now she's going to be reprising the role when the show makes its way to Liverpool Empire from 29th April - 4th May 2019.

Beverley has been working in theatre and television all her adult life, she is best known for playing Liz McDonald in Britain’s favourite soap, Coronation Street, a role she has played for the past twenty nine years.  She made her television debut in the Yorkshire Television soap Emmerdale Farm as Angie Richards in 1983. The following year she played Gail and Brian Tilsley's friend June Dewhurst in Coronation Street. Other roles followed including parts in Hinge & Bracket: Dear Ladies, Hells Bells, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and The Practice, The Peter Principle to name a few.

Much as Beverley loves Coronation Street and playing 'Liz' she enjoys stepping away every now and again and creating other iconic characters such as 'Flo' for the BBC in the cult comedy “Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps”. She spent thirty three weeks on tour playing “Mari” in Jim Cartwrights “The Rise and Fall of Little Voice” She is a best selling author and has released numerous fitness programmes. During this time she also appeared on the panel for ITV's “Loose Women” In 2003, she returned to Coronation Street providing much comic relief and emotionally charged performances as her character went through some rollercoaster storylines.

Beverley is an ambassador for Mind, the mental health charity, a subject very close to her heart. She is a strong voice in the battle to raise awareness and fight the stigma.

She is also an ambassador for Blesma and The Veterans Garage two charities that offer help and support to ex service personnel.

Tour dates for Rocky Horror here.

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