Ex Emmerdale star in theatre's Raffles play

A sparkling mystery adventure revolving around gentleman criminal Raffles is on its way to Chesterfield.
Ian Sharrock and Nicholas Gilbrook in Raffles - The Mystery of the Murdered Thief at the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, from September 8 to 10.Ian Sharrock and Nicholas Gilbrook in Raffles - The Mystery of the Murdered Thief at the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, from September 8 to 10.
Ian Sharrock and Nicholas Gilbrook in Raffles - The Mystery of the Murdered Thief at the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield, from September 8 to 10.

Ian Sharrock, best known for his role as Jackie Merrick in television soap Emmerdale, plays the main man’s partner in crime, Harry ‘Bunny’ Manders , in next week’s production at the Pomegranate Theatre.

The show, entitled Raffles - The Mystery of the Murdered Thief, focuses on Bunny’s suspicion that the gentleman burglar has drowned while escaping a theft aboard a transatlantic liner. But a chance reply to a newspaper advertisement reveals an entirely different scenario, and Bunny is embroiled again in his old life of crime, mayhem and adventure!

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Ian’s telly credits include Heartbeat, The Bill, Casualty and Where The Heart Is.

Raffles - The Mystery of the Murdered Thief runs at the Pomegranate from September 8 to 10 at 7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm.

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