You might best know Whalley born actress Wendi Peters, 59, as the larger than life Coronation Street character Cilla Battersby-Brown but she is heading to Lancashire next month in a rather different guise. Wendi, who has also had roles on Doctors, Midsommer Murders and Hetty Feather, has joined the cast of the award-winning production 'Sister Act The Musical' as Mother Superior. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Burnley Express, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
Sister Act will be visiting the Blackpool Winter Gardens from Monday 15, July to Saturday, 20 July 2024 and tickets are available to buy online here . We were able to catch Wendi for a chat about all things Sister Act and Blackpool, so take a look at what she had to say below..
. “Mother Superior is sort of the leader of the convent, she's quite stern, she cares for the sisters and looks after them and it's great fun because I get to do a really nice journey - and I hate that word! But from her being very nice and then this woman comes in and absolutely disrupts the convent but then she comes around to her way of thinking so it's great fun to play.” “I'd never seen the films - which most people go ‘oh, no!’ to.
When it was first on in the West End in 2008, the musical, lI saw it a few times and then I saw it at Hammersmith a couple of years ago. So yes, I knew the shown very well, I listened to the album a lot!” Advertisement Advertiseme.