Former Hollyoaks star Keith Rice will appear in new theatre play following his soap exit.
Keith, who played Finn O'Connor on the Channel 4 show, is starring in The Spine – a theatre production that focuses on three young football players as they aim for higher career goals.
The play centres on Keith's Liam, Kyle (Tristan Waterson) and Hakeem (Malachi Pullar-Latchman) who try to make their way up to the Premier League after spending their teenage years being the spine of their football team.
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But as they're about to join the highest football league in the country, their friendship will get tested when they face years of institutional racism and toxic masculinity.
Will the boys manage to keep their friendship, or will they sacrifice everything in the name of making it to the top of the league?
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Explaining the concept of the play, director and writer Nathan Powell said (via Newham Recorder): "Behind the glitz and glamour of the beautiful game, there are young boys, growing up in the academy system and trying to figure out their place in the world.
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"Friendship, toxic-masculinity, racism – through The Spine, I wanted to show the incredible pressures these young men face."
Keith's last scenes as Finn aired back in December when he agreed to leave Hollyoaks for good following Edward Hutchinson (Joe McGann) and Sally St Claire's (Annie Wallace) scheme to get rid of him.
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