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Claire Sweeney's Coronation Street exit date and reason for leaving
Claire Sweeney will alternate as Miss Hannigan in the Annie UK & Ireland tour from July 7, leaving Coronation Street to pursue her dream musical theatre role.
- Following the announcement today, January 29, ITV confirmed Claire Sweeney will leave Coronation Street to play Miss Hannigan on the UK and Ireland Annie tour.
- Sweeney is leaving to pursue a part she has long wanted to play, ITV and other reports say, while ITV bosses planned a big exit storyline for her departure.
- From July 7, Claire Sweeney joins the Annie tour for the remaining 26 locations across the UK and Ireland, including Cardiff, Dublin, Liverpool, Hull, and three Scottish cities.
- Coronation Street will keep Cassie Plummer until summer as producers build a major exit storyline, while Sweeney prepares for a homecoming at Liverpool Empire in September.
- This casting continues the UK tradition of celebrity performers as Miss Hannigan, linking Claire Sweeney to Dorothy Loudon, Paul O'Grady , and UK celebrity performers like Lesley Joseph.
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