News

Backstage is the new podcast from Matinee Radio, the station that plays music from the greatest shows. Those featured include Faye Brookes - Cabaret, Simon Callow and Kerry Ellis - Anything Goes, Sam Bailey - Beauty and the Beast, Jason Donovan - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Michael Mckell - We Will Rock You and Lea Salonga Mulan - Aladdin.

'Coronation Street's Faye Brookes was crippled with nerves when she shot her first ever lesbian kiss. The 28-year-old actress joined the long-running soap last September as sex siren Kate Connor and, although she has a catalogue of acting experience under her belt, she was terrified when she had to lock lips with Rhea Bailey, who plays her soldier fiancée Caz, for their steamy love story. She explained: ''It was the first time I'd ever kissed a girl. Both Rhea and I were nervous and we had to talk to each other a lot. It was the first day I had ever met...

'Coronation Street's Faye Brookes was crippled with nerves when she shot her first ever lesbian kiss. The 28-year-old actress joined the long-running soap last September as sex siren Kate Connor and, although she has a catalogue of acting experience under her belt, she was terrified when she had to lock lips with Rhea Bailey, who plays her soldier fiancée Caz, for their steamy love story. She explained: ''It was the first time I'd ever kissed a girl. Both Rhea and I were nervous and we had to talk to each other a lot. It was the first day I had ever met...