ITV Corrie's Sally Ann Matthews set to shock audience as she appears unrecognisable in new role

Coronation Street's Sally Ann Matthews will be unrecognisable as she swaps the famous Coronation Street cobbles for the stage.

Sally, who joined Corrie as Jenny Bradley when she was 16, says audiences will be 'taken aback' as she stars in one-woman play at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre as a character completely different from the iconic Rovers Return landlady.

The 51-year-old actress from Oldham, whose feisty character became sole owner and landlady of the Rovers last year, stars in Vignettes, an evening of six short plays by local female playwrights.

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"It's 11 years since I've been on the stage in a play," she told us.

"It's a great piece so when I was asked to do it couldn't say no and there are a few surprises."

Explaining her character she joked: "I play a 51-year-old from Oldham, which is a stretch for me.

"She finds herself in a predicament with enforced time on her hands which makes her confront issues from the past."

She added: "It will be something people will be surprised to see me do. She's completely and totally different from Jenny.

"She's not as wordly wise."

Vignettes runs from Wednesday March 16 to Saturday March 26, produced by Her Productions founded by Hannah Ellis Ryan who played Hannah Gilmore who posed as Jim and Liz McDonald's late daughter Katie in 2018.

Sally Ann's 'heartwarming, emotional and empowering' one-woman play is called Tangled and is penned by award-winning Coronation Street writer Debbie Oates.

"She's a great writer and why I got involved," said Sally Ann.

"It's nice for me because I've never done a monologue before and it's different from anything I've ever done."

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