A CORONATION Street star will perform the lead role in a play coming to Malvern next month.

Katie McGlynn, who played Sinead Tinker in the ITV soap, is set to star in the UK tour of Peter James’ Wish You Were Dead.

Katie, who has also been in Waterloo Road, Hollyoaks and the 2021 series of Strictly Come Dancing, will be taking over the role of Cleo Morey in May.

Giovanna Fletcher has performed the role on tour from February 16 through to April 29.

Katie will be making her professional stage play debut in this production and joins a cast that includes George Rainsford (Casualty), Clive Mantle (Game of Thrones) Rebecca McKinnis, Callum Sheridan-Lee, Alex Stedman, Gemma Stroyan and Leon Stewart.

She said: “I can’t think of a better way to make my stage play debut than with this brilliant and thrilling Peter James masterpiece and am so excited to be performing alongside such an incredibly talented cast.

“I’m really looking forward to visiting theatres all over the country, witnessing the audience reaction to the many twists, turns and edge-of-your-seat moments in the show.”

Wish You Were Dead follows five successful stage plays and the critically acclaimed smash-hit primetime ITV series Grace, which are all based on best-selling novels by Peter James.

This will be the sixth stage adaptation of James’ novels - making it the most successful crime thriller stage franchise since Agatha Christie.

The stage play of Wish You Were Dead follows DSI Roy Grace and Cleo Morey as they take a much-needed holiday together.

They are hoping for a few days away from their dark worlds of murder and the mortuary. But their dream escape turns out to be the holiday from hell, as the past comes back to haunt them.

The show is being performed at Malvern's Festival Theatre from Monday, June 12 to Saturday, June 17. Evening performances start at 7.30pm and there are Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm.

Tickets are available from the Malvern Theatres website.