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BEVERLEY CALLARD AS 'MARI HOFF', JESS ROBINSON AS 'LITTLE VOICE' AND RAY QUINN AS 'BILLY' © PAUL COLTAS
BEVERLEY CALLARD AS MARI HOFF © PAUL COLTAS
Coronation Street, this time as ‘Liz McDonald’, and went on to become one of the Rover’s Return’s most iconic landladies. In 2001 Beverley was cast as ‘Flo Henshaw’ in the popular BBC ree sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, a role she went on to play for four years. Other television credits include roles in Hinge and Bracket, Dear Ladies, Hells Bells, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and e Practise. In 2010 Beverley was also a recurring panelist on ITV's flagship daytime show Loose Women. Ray Quinn began his career in Channel 4’s Brookside playing ‘Anthony Murray’, for which he won numerous awards including Best Dramatic Performance at the Soap Awards 2002. Ray is also well known as a finalist on ITV’s award-winning reality programme e X Factor in 2006, in which he came second to Leona Lewis. He has since had a No.1 platinum selling album ‘Doing It My Way’ and his own sell-out tour as well as appearing on the X-Factor
JESS ROBINSON AS LITTLE VOICE AND RAY QUINN AS BILLY © PAUL COLTAS
tour in 32 arena shows all over the UK. In 2009 Ray took part in and won ITV’s Dancing On Ice, and in 2011 he also competed in the winning team on ITV’s primetime show Sing If You Can. Ray’s West End credits include ‘Billy Kostecki’ in Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych eatre and ‘Danny’ in Grease at e Piccadilly eatre. Other theatre includes Buster at e Playhouse eatre, Me and My Girl at e Empire eatre and Peter Pan at e Neptune eatre. Film credits include Bulletproof and e Singing Cactus, and television credits include Mersey Beat and Doctors. Duggie Brown is an actor and comedian whose career spans five decades. Best known for starring in the Granada Television series e Comedians, his many other television credits include e House at Jack Built, e Enigma Files, Take My Wife, e Glamour Girls, Brookside, Coronation Street, Heartbeat, e Bill, Minder, Ellington, e House of Cards,
Doctors, A is for Acid, Fat Friends, EastEnders and Hotel Babylon. On film Duggie has appeared in the iconic Ken Loach film Kes. Jess Robinson is an actress, singer and impressionist. As an impressionist Jess has appeared in BBC2’s Dead Ringers, ITV1’s It's Paul Burling, is a series regular on BBC1's e Impressions Show, and provides many of the female impressions for ITV's Headcases. Jess has also appeared as an accent expert on the BBC’s flagship children’s show Blue Peter. eatre credits include ‘Martine’ in Full Circle, in which she starred opposite Joan Collins, and ‘Ophelia’ in Hamlet - e Musical! at Richmond eatre. Jess is also no stranger to the role of Little Voice having previously played the role at London’s Courtyard eatre. Radio credits include e Now Show, 15 Minute Musical and e Secret World, all for Radio 4. 0844 406 8666 www.lighthousepoole.co.uk n APRIL2013 33