Budding stage stars fom a Newcastle performing arts school are enjoying the spotlight this week after being picked to join the cast of An Inspector Calls at the Theatre Royal.
The three young talents - eight-year-old Alex Milner; Lizzie Devine, aged 11, and Cameron Laidler who's 12 - are all members of Stagecoach Newcastle which was approached by the visiting theatre company on the look-out for budding actors to fill the roles of children who feature in the play's street scenes.
And, after starting rehearsals at the city theatre on Monday, the chosen three made their debut on Tuesday night - and are now well in their stride with performances of the Priestley classic set to take them through until Saturday. This is Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry's award-winning National Theatre production of the period mystery which revolves around the arrival of an inspector at the home of the wealthy Birling family where investigations into an apparant death unearth some dark secrets.
