Sherrie Hewson joins 'Corrie!' play

Former Coronation Street star Sherrie Hewson has been announced as the latest narrator for the soap's 50th anniversary play, Corrie!.

The actress, who played Maureen Holdsworth on the ITV1 drama, will tread the boards when the stage production returns to Manchester next month.

Corrie! - penned by the show's long-standing scriptwriter Jonathan Harvey - is currently on a six-month tour of the UK following a short run at The Lowry theatre in Salford last year.

Hewson will appear on stage at the Palace Theatre in Manchester between April 4 and 9, fronting seven of the eight performances due to take place at the venue. The Loose Women panellist is unavailable for a matinee show on April 6.

The production condenses 50 years of Coronation Street's births, deaths, marriages and other dramatic events into a two-hour story. It was also recently updated to include the programme's tram crash disaster.

Hewson follows in the footsteps of Gaynor Faye, Ken Morley and Roy Barraclough, who have previously been announced as narrators for other shows on the tour.