ITV Corrie icon Michelle Collins on heading to Salford with her latest role as she plans her wedding
Her character has a place in Coronation Street history books as one of the iconic Rovers Return landladies and this weekend Michelle Collins returns to the home of Corrie in another glam role. Stella Price sparkled behind the bar at the Rovers after taking over from Liz McDonald in 2011.
Stella moved into the famous boozer with her partner Karl Munro, played by John Michie, and daughter Eva, played by Catherine Tyldesley. And next week soap legend Michelle will be just a stone's throw away from the Coronation Street set at Trafford Wharf as she takes to the stage as Miss Scarlett in the UK tour of Cluedo.
The comedy thriller is based on the hit 1985 film CLUE and the classic Hasbro board game loved by generations. The show has been touring for six months and this will be stage and screen star Michelle's first time performing at The Lowry theatre at Salford Quays.
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Directed by Mark Bell, director of the award winning The Play That Goes Wrong and A Comedy About A Bank Robbery, when Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs Peacock, Reverend Green, Mrs. White and Colonel Mustard arrive at a country house one dark and stormy evening, they are surprised to find they have all received the same intriguing invitation from Lord Boddy. It soon becomes clear that they all have something to hide as the guests of Boddy Manor are killed off one by one with a variety of familiar weapons as they're left wondering who will be next.
"It's gone down very well, it's pure escapism," said Michelle. "It's silly and funny and it's what people need at the moment. It's farcical and a very comical whodunnit.
"When we started out it was difficult