‘i was a shaking mess’

Actor Jill Halfpenny on losing loved ones, leaving London and moving to the seaside, and starting a podcast

Jill Halfpenny has carved out an extraordinary acting career since cutting her teeth on Byker Grove aged just 14, with iconic soaps, gritty dramas and a Strictly Come Dancing win peppered across her C

Natalie Sims Rees, 42, from Derby, is a former professional dancer who reached the final of C4’s The Great Pottery Throw Down last year. She lives with her wife Sarah and daughter Albie, six. I’ve alw

The Silent Witness star on her famous family and mischievous mutts

BACK IN THE BAND WE PREDICT A RIOT ...

There are welcome revivals of Ayckbourn and Stoppard plays, plus a brilliant production of a Western classic