A TEENAGER from Hilperton is all set to make her professional theatre debut just months after finishing her A Levels.

Georgia Butt, of Horse Road, beat off fierce competition at open auditions to play the part of Nancy in a new touring show, produced by Kick in The Head Theatre Company, called ‘Fagin?’

Although she had been in amateur productions at Bath Theatre Royal, the Bristol Hippodrome and Bristol Old Vic, this was was a huge step up for the 19-year-old.

“Acting is something I have always wanted to do but didn’t think I’d get this type of opportunity until I’d been able to go to drama school so this is really exciting,” she said.

“It is just Nancy, Fagin and Bill Sykes, so it will be really intriguing. I have been singing, dancing and acting since the age of three so this is a long held dream of mine. I cannot wait to get started.”

The play, which premiers at a theatre in Hampshire on Friday and Saturday before going on a national tour, centres around Fagin’s last night in prison before being hanged and his decent into madness.