A Cramlington chip shop found itself at the centre of much excitement last week as filming took place for a new Geordie musical Bonnie Chips.
Some staff members even got in on the action as cameras rolled on Bonnie Chips, an original project about a chip shop that finds its future under threat from a ruthless businessman, played by ex Hollyoaks actor Rishi Nair. The chip shop's newest employee, Bonnie, comes up with the unconventional idea of selling 'dodgy tabs,' with their fish and chips to try and save the much loved chippy from going under.
Bonnie Chips is the brainchild of Rosie Fox, who also takes the role of Bonnie and, amongst the other well known faces in the musical is is Lesley St-John, the ex Byker Grove actress who has also been a regular at Sunday for Sammy over the years.
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She arrived on set straight from a holiday in Dubai, confessing to ChronicleLive she'd been busy learning her lines round the pool and on the flight home in preparation.
"It's a really, really good script," she explained.
"Obviously I speak Geordie but it's weird to actually see the words in the script written in Geordie - my auto correct kept changing it! I was frantically learning my words on the plane back - signing these daft Geordie songs to myself in my seat. The whole thing's been such a laugh!
While she was getting over the jet lag of flying back from the UAE, Lesley joined her Bonnie Chips co-stars for a number of night shoots on location in Cramlington, including one involving a massive food fight with Rishi, famous for playing hot shot lawyer Sami in Hollyoaks, being covered in batter.
And, while the chip shop where Bonnie Chips is in Cramlington, the musical itself is set in Amble, with the exterior shots and drone shots done by the sea.
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