Soap and TV stars will descend on Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre for the new summer season.

Stars including Peter Amory, who played Chris Tate in Emmerdale, Tracy Shaw, who played hairdresser Maxine Peacock in Coronation Street, award-winning soap actress Gemma Bissix and Wolverhampton-based actor Paul David-Gough launched the summer season at the venue yesterday.

Leslie Grantham, famous for playing Dirty Den in EastEnders, will also be appearing.

Comedies Busybody, and Death by Fatal Murder as well as thrillers Who Killed ‘Agatha’ Christie? and The Woman in White are being staged from next Tuesday, June 28, until July 23.

Director Ian Dickens said: “We have got together the finest acting talent we have had in a rep season.”

Death by Fatal Murder stars Leslie Grantham and Richard Gibson, Herr Flick of ‘Allo, ‘Allo fame. Season tickets for all four plays are available at £48.