She played much-loved Coronation Street character Kylie for six years, until the wife of David Platt was dramatically killed-off in harrowing scenes that prompted tears across the nation. After winning hearts as the reformed gobby cage dancer, soap star Paula Lane will be playing a 'Kylie-esque' character in Oldham Coliseum Theatre's stage production of Road, Jim Cartwright’s powerful snapshot of Lancashire life during Thatcher’s England in the 80s.
In the play, running at the Coliseum from Friday September 16 to Saturday October 1, Paula plays not one but four characters, including the 'hostile and bitter' Brenda, who she says like is an older version of feisty Kylie. Speaking about the challenges of playing multiple characters on stage she said: "I feel like if anything it's given me lot of a freedom. You've got to be on the ball the whole time.
"It keeps you on the ball, you're having to be extra alert all the time. And for an actor it's particularly fun because you're exploring different energies moods and emotions."
