Main is best known for playing Nurse Shelagh Turner, formerly Sister Bernadette, in the cast<\/a> of the long-running BBC series.<\/p>\n She joins Chibnall\u2019s play as Jen, a pregnant woman whose home birth gets hijacked by, per the synopsis, \u201cintrusive family, nosy neighbours, uninvited guests and a new flat full of unwelcome surprises\u201d.<\/p>\n Produced by Wiltshire Creative, One Last Push marks Chibnall\u2019s return to Salisbury Playhouse following the success of Worst Wedding Ever, which premiered in 2014 and returned to the theatre in 2017.<\/p>\n As well as helming Doctor Who during Jodie Whittaker<\/a>\u2018s era, from 2018 to 2022, Chibnall also created ITV\u2019s Broadchurch<\/a>.<\/p>\n One Last Push is directed by Gareth Machin and also stars Sam Alexander as Jen\u2019s partner Mark, Valerie Antwi,\u00a0 Sherry Baines, James Gaddas and David Partridge.<\/p>\n Machin said in a statement: \u201cWhat a fabulous cast we\u2019ve managed to bring together for this world premi\u00e8re of Chris Chibnall\u2019s brilliant comedy One Last Push.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI am delighted to welcome back Sam Alexander, Sherry Baines, and David Partridge to Salisbury Playhouse. With Valerie Antwi, James Gaddas and Laura Main completing the company \u2013 I\u2019m very much looking forward to working with them here in Salisbury and know that our audience are in for a treat.\u201d<\/p>\n One Last Push will run until Saturday 9th March. You can book tickets now<\/a>.<\/p> Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Laura Main will star as Jen in Chibnall’s comedy play at Salisbury Playhouse. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":46306,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/former-doctor-who-boss-chris-chibnalls-new-play-casts-call-the-midwife-star.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/former-doctor-who-boss-chris-chibnalls-new-play-casts-call-the-midwife-star-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/former-doctor-who-boss-chris-chibnalls-new-play-casts-call-the-midwife-star-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/former-doctor-who-boss-chris-chibnalls-new-play-casts-call-the-midwife-star.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/former-doctor-who-boss-chris-chibnalls-new-play-casts-call-the-midwife-star.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/former-doctor-who-boss-chris-chibnalls-new-play-casts-call-the-midwife-star.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/02\/former-doctor-who-boss-chris-chibnalls-new-play-casts-call-the-midwife-star.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Laura Main will star as Jen in Chibnall's comedy play at Salisbury Playhouse.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/46305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Chris](\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/chris-chibnall-doctor-who-tardis-812919c.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413\" "\\"Chris")
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