Ex-Coronation Street actor Bruce Jones has written a play in a Wetherspoons.
The TV star who played Les Battersby in the ITV soap penned it with writing partner Huw Roberts.
The play called Listen! covers topics including the mental health of children and adults.
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It is a sequel to Talk! – a highly successful production featuring Bruce as the sole actor.
He wrote it at The Picture House – a Wetherspoons in Colwyn Bay, near Bangor, north Wales.
Listen! will be performed this coming spring at local venue Theatr Colwyn in the town.
Bruce likes a Guinness and Huw enjoys a glass of red wine.
They enjoyed doing it in a Spoons because it was quiet with no TV.
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Bruce, 72 – in Corrie from 1997 to 2007 – will appear with a cast including people of all age groups amid dance and music routines, as reported on What’s The Jam.
Bruce said: “We’re trying to draw attention to the problems which people go through.
“Either at school or at home and in their daily life.”
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He added: “We wrote the play in The Picture House.
“It’s a great place to write, as there is no music or TV screens to distract and there are always friendly faces to chat to.
“Whichever town I go to as an actor, I look up where the Wetherspoon is. I’m a great fan.”
After Talk! appeared 12 years ago, the writing pair was invited to the Senedd in Cardiff to celebrate the play’s success with members of the devolved Welsh parliament.
“We were honoured to go,” Bruce also told Wetherspoons News.
Huw added: “There’s a great, friendly bunch of regulars at The Picture House.
“And they and the staff are all used to Bruce and me being there, so it’s easy for us to get on with our work.”
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