CORONATION Street star Dame Maureen Lipman is leaving the cobbles - for an extended break. The actress - who plays Evelyn Plummer in the ITV soap - will depart her role towards the end of the year to take on a new job. 3 Dame Maureen Lipman will be taking a break from her role as Evelyn Plummer Credit: ITV 3 The actress will leave the cobbles soon and won't return until next year Credit: ITV 3 She will appear at the Richmond Theatre in Beauty and the Beast It was revealed yesterday that she is starring in Richmond Theatre’s panto Beauty and the Beast later this year.
And now it can be confirmed that the actress will take a sabbatical from the ITV soap. A show spokeswoman said: “Dame Maureen is taking a sabbatical from Coronation Street towards the end of the year. “We look forward to seeing her back on the cobbles in 2025.
” Maureen herself said: “They asked me to do Panto and I said ‘Oh no I can’t’ ...
.. they said ‘OH YES YOU CAN’” Maureen will be performing from December 7 to January 5 alongside comedian and magician Pete Firman.
The 77-year-old has played Evelyn Plummer on Corrie since 2018. Earlier this year she took a brutal swipe at the soap, urging bosses to scrap gritty storylines. Most read in Soaps CANT ARGUE Cantwell set for megabucks Ibrox exit a day after being offered to wrong person FIND JAY Brit man who Jay Slater was with at AirBnb before vanishing says he 'left alive' GUID CHOICE Ex-Celtic star hailed as 'the best pundit ever' as he's gi.
