Overview
- Helen Worth took the stage at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre on Sunday for an “An Evening With” hosted by former co-star Julie Hesmondhalgh, drawing a reunion of her on-screen Platt family.
- Worth told the audience she left Coronation Street after she began to feel tired and “rattling a bit,” describing long days and a pace that had intensified in recent years.
- She and Hesmondhalgh explained that scenes are often shot out of order, which can make performances disorienting as actors jump between different episodes in a single day.
- Tina O’Brien, Jack P. Shepherd, Lucy Fallon and Julia Goulding attended and posted photos from the night, while Fallon noted Ben Price missed the gathering because he was stuck on the motorway.
- Worth, who debuted as Gail in 1974 and appeared in roughly 4,000 episodes, confirmed she left in the Christmas Day 2024 episodes and signaled a full-time return is unlikely.