theatre/classical: Opening a new career chapter; Entertainment Editor GORDON BARR meets the man who takes up the role of Nicholas Nickleby on stage next week.(Features)

From: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) | Date: October 12, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: GORDON BARR

ACTOR Daniel Weyman spent his childhood on Tyneside.

Now he is to make his Newcastle stage debut when he takes the lead role in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby at the city's Theatre Royal.

The production, which is in two parts, begins there next week and Daniel, 30, is excited about returning to the city.

"I have never acted there before as I only got into this lark about five or six years ago," he muses....

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