{"id":38913,"date":"2023-10-30T14:05:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1916326"},"modified":"2023-10-30T19:19:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:19:58","slug":"casualtys-amanda-henderson-lands-new-stage-role-after-heartbreaking-exit","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/casualtys-amanda-henderson-lands-new-stage-role-after-heartbreaking-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Casualty\u2019s Amanda Henderson lands new stage role after heartbreaking exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> It&#8217;s very different from her time as nurse Robyn Miller. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 30 October 2023 at 13:02 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Casualty star Amanda Henderson has landed a role in musical Come From Away, as part of the show\u2019s UK and Ireland tour.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson portrayed nurse Robyn Miller on the series for 10 years, and fans were left heartbroken when her character was killed in a car accident.<\/p>\n<p>Since leaving the medical drama back in March, Henderson has announced she has joined the UK and Ireland tour of Come From Away.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the news on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cy3_8WMtXm8\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">Instagram<\/a> page, Henderson wrote: \u201c@comefromawayuk What a cast! And I feel unbelievably lucky to be telling the story of Beulah! See you on the Rock!\u201d<\/p> <p>Come From Away will be touring across the UK and Ireland from March 2024. The stage musical tells the true story of the events in Gander, a town in Newfoundland.<\/p>\n<p>In the week following 9\/11, 38 planes carrying 7,000 passengers were ordered to land at Gander International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The characters in the musical, including Beulah, are all based on residents of Gander who welcomed the stranded travellers into their lives.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s have a big Newfoundland \u2018WELCOME\u2019 for the new folks who have come from away to join us on our UK &amp; Ireland Tour in 2024! \ud83e\udd1d\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0b3cm1RdGz\">pic.twitter.com\/0b3cm1RdGz<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Come From Away UK (@ComeFromAwayUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ComeFromAwayUK\/status\/1718225840742211812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>Henderson will be starring alongside Natasha J Barnes, Daniel Crowder, Mark Dugdale, Rosie Glossop, Kirsty Hoiles, Oliver Jacobson, Dale Mathurin and Nicholas Pound.<\/p>\n<p>Following her departure from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/programmes\/casualty\/\">Casualty<\/a>, Henderson revealed it wasn\u2019t her decision to leave the show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/casualty-spoilers-preview-jon-sen-nigel-harman-exit-newsupdate-exclusive\/\">Casualty boss Jon Sen teases his final episodes and Nigel Harman exit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/casualty-boss-jon-sen-leaving-lenny-henry-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Casualty boss Jon Sen on leaving medical drama, teaming up with Lenny Henry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vr3Sy4FEq2Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Double L Show<\/a>, she said: \u201cIt was very much their decision for me to leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTheir reasoning was that they needed a character who was really well-loved to go to kick off the nurses strike\u2026 I can now understand and see why it was Robyn that had to go. 10 years on a show is a really long time, and I am excited to see what else is out there.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6339520277112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><strong>Casualty continues every Saturday evening on BBC One and<\/strong><strong> is available for catch-up on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b006m8wd\/casualty\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soaps<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 <a id=\"OWA5deac9f9-4ca9-9347-4ea9-60396cf0b814\" title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\">subscribe now<\/a> <\/strong><strong>and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who with a special issue of Radio Times. 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