{"id":29228,"date":"2023-01-26T18:36:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T17:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1775569"},"modified":"2023-01-27T00:20:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T23:20:45","slug":"coronation-streets-maureen-lipman-to-take-break-from-evelyn-role","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-maureen-lipman-to-take-break-from-evelyn-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Maureen Lipman to take break from Evelyn role"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Helen Daly\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 26 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Soap star Dame Maureen Lipman is set to take a short break from Coronation Street<\/a> later on this year.<\/p>\n

Lipman plays Evelyn Plummer on the ITV soap, and has done since 2018, but will be heading off on a temporary break as she takes to the boards.<\/p>\n

A soap source confirmed to Digital Spy<\/a> that Lipman will be out for four weeks, with the publication citing she will be bringing her one-woman play, Rose, to the West End in London.<\/p>

But don\u2019t worry Corrie fans, Evelyn will be back!<\/p>\n

Only last summer it was revealed that Lipman had extended her contract<\/a> with Coronation Street.<\/p>\n

Evelyn has been at the centre of a number of storylines of late, especially concerning her grandson Tyrone (Alan Halsall) and Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) as they rekindled their romance.<\/p>\n

And just this week, she was a part of a very funny storyline involving the newlyweds\u2026<\/p>\n

In a bid to spice up their love life, Tyrone and Fiz made plans to get adventurous in the bedroom and try a bit of role play.<\/p>\n

Donning a blonde wig, Fiz met Tyrone in the hotel bar and set about playing out their first-meet plan.<\/p>\n

Evelyn was devastated to see Tyrone talking to another woman and immediately set about confronting Ty and his mystery blonde.<\/p>\n

A very awkward situation played out as prudish Evelyn realised what was really going on!<\/p>