AUSTRALIAN singer Natalie Imbruglia will tread the boards in the North-East as part of her drama debut in the UK.

Imbruglia stars in a new production of Alan Ayckbourn’s hit play Things We Do For Love, which visits Newcastle Theatre Royal in June.

She will star alongside Claire Price, Edward Bennett and Simon Gregor in a long-awaited revival of one of the most popular plays of the nineties, directed by Laurence Boswell.

Making hilarity and ingenuity from the things we do for love, the drama is about love’s trials and tribulations.

Imbruglia began her career in the Australian soap-opera Neighbours, where she played Beth Brennan.

She went on to become one of the biggest pop sensations in Europe. Her smash hit single Torn, and the subsequent album, Left of the Middle, sold 7m copies worldwide and won her three Grammy nominations and two Brit Awards.

She co-starred in the 2003 film Johnny English with Rowan Atkinson and made her leading actress debut in the 2009 film Closed for Winter.

Things We Do For Love appears at Newcastle Theatre Royal at 7.30pm from Monday June 16 to Saturday June 21, with a 2pm matinee on the Thursday and 2.30pm matinee on Saturday.

Tickets are from £13 (excluding a booking fee of 95p to £1.95). Contact the box office on 08448 11 21 21 or book online at www.theatreroyal.co.uk .