Maureen Lipman, 76, to take a short break from Coronation Street for the West End

Coronation Street star Maureen Lipman is set to take a short break from the long-running soap to reprise a role on the West End.  

The veteran actress, 76, who portrays beloved grandmother Evelyn on the soap, will be taking four weeks off from the iconic show to bring the production of Rose to the stage. 

A representative for ITV and Coronation Street told MailOnline that Maureen is not leaving the show, but taking a short month-long break for the production, which begins on May 23. 

Soap hiatus: Veteran actress and soap star Maureen Lipman, 76, is set to take a short break from Coronation Street to reprise role on the West End

A source also told The Sun: ‘Maureen will be taking a short break from the cobbles to star in the play – but she will be back,’ a source told the publication. 

Rose will run at the Ambassador’s Theatre for a total of 28 performances.

The publications reports that Maureen recently signed up for another year on the soap, where she portrays grandmother Evelyn. 

She’ll be back! The veteran actress, 76, who portrays beloved grandmother Evelyn on the soap (pictured), will be taking four weeks off from the iconic show to bring the production of Rose to the stage

Short break: A representative for ITV and Coronation Street told MailOnline that Maureen is not leaving the show, but taking a short four-week break for the production, which begins on May 23. Pictured on Corrie

Maureen has previously starred as Rose during the online pandemic run and some subsequent shows, but said she is excited to portray the character once again. 

Rose ‘tells the story of a woman who journeys from Nazi-occupied Europe in order to forge a new life in America’. 

She recently said in a statement: ‘I am delighted to be putting Rose back on her bench for a limited run at the Ambassadors in May.’

Back on stage: Maureen has previously starred as Rose during the online pandemic run and some subsequent shows, but said she is excited to portray the character once again (pictured in Rose in September)

‘I thought I could never have the power to revisit Martin Sherman’s mystical, magical deeply philosophical and wildly funny creation, but Rose is in my blood and she has to be revived.’

Screenwriter Martin Sherman added: ‘Maureen Lipman’s performance as Rose is the greatest gift a playwright could ever dream of.’

‘Performance is perhaps the wrong word; she totally inhabits the role, the woman, the space, the language, the times, the events.’

Plot: Rose ‘tells the story of a woman who journeys from Nazi-occupied Europe in order to forge a new life in America’

Iconic: Maureen is an iconic actress who has had a number of TV and stage roles over the years. One of her most iconic roles was as Aunt Eller in the National Theatre’s Oklahoma! (pictured with Hugh Jackman in the production)

‘I’m so happy that her astonishing alchemy has the opportunity to be witnessed again, for four weeks (only!) at the Ambassadors Theatre.’ 

Maureen is an iconic actress who has had a number of TV and stage roles over the years. 

She has previously been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre Company. 

One of her most iconic roles was as Aunt Eller in the National Theatre’s Oklahoma!

She joined Coronation Street back in 2018. 

‘I thought I could never have the power to revisit Martin Sherman’s mystical, magical deeply philosophical and wildly funny creation, but Rose is in my blood and she has to be revived,’ she said in a statement