Christine Mackie plays Dr Gaddas in Coronation Street. And Christine is taking part in this year's Greater Manchester Fringe with a play she has written about her father's suicide.
Christine has written her first play about losing her veteran father to suicide - and in the play, Christine will be played by her daughter Lois.
The semi-autobiographical drama Best Girl will be staged at the new Hope Aria Theatre, as part of Greater Manchester Fringe in July before it goes to Edinburgh Fringe in August.
Christine, who plays Coronation Street's Dr Gaddas, said: "Lois had the opportunity to do a scratch night and I wrote the piece for her. It is based on my life experience as a kid but updated to present day Manchester. It is about what happens to a child of a veteran.
"Everybody is very familiar with the problems that veterans face, the experiences they have when they have served, and when they come back."
Glenda Young
Author: Belle of the Back Streets
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