Former EastEnders star Shane Richie looks unrecognisable after transforming into a drag queen for his latest role.
The 58-year-old played Alfie Moon on the BBC soap for 17 years, from 2002 to 2019, and has recently starred in a new venture.
Shane now has a role on tour in hit stage musical Everyone’s Talking About Jamie, which sees him don makeup and a wig as he becomes drag queen Loco Chanelle.
In a snap shared with his 251,000 Instagram followers, Shane can be seen with rolling ginger curls, bright red lipstick and large fake eyelashes.
He captioned the photo: “Woking @newvictoriatheatrewoking you didn’t let us down !!! Wonderful catching up some old faces and meeting some new #soldout @jamiemusical #livetheatre #dragqueen #locochanelle #jamietour.”
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Several famous faces and fans rushed to the comment section of the post, which has garnered over 1,200 likes.
Broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire simply wrote: “Amazing pic.”
One fan said: “You look amazing as always.”
“What a face!” said another.
There were also a few people who had seen the latest instalment of the musical and left gushing praise.
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One person said: “Was there at Woking. Was such a brilliant show. We absolutely chuffing loved it.”
Another added: “Incredible show we came to see the performance this afternoon in Woking …Absolutely brilliant.”
West End smash hit Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has now been turned into a film starring Sharon Horgan.
The coming-of-age story was inspired by the 2011 documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16.
It is based upon the real-life story of schoolboy Jamie Campbell who battled against prejudice to become a drag queen.
This comes after Shane’s as his ex-wife Coleen Nolan said the EastEnders star’s wedding proposal to her was a disaster.
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She moaned: “He just said, ‘Shall we get engaged then, or what?’
“The first thing we did was go for a McDonald’s – renowned for its intimate atmosphere – before finding a branch of H Samuel and buying an engagement ring for about a 100 quid.
“Not exactly Romeo and Juliet, is it?”
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