Eight-year-old Alycia Booth has been busy appearing on stage and screen over recent weeks.

The youngster, who attends theatre school Stage 84 in Idle, played the role of one of the orphans, Kate, in the professional production of Annie which ran for a week at the Alhambra this summer, and she has also appeared in the new series of BBC1 school drama Waterloo Road, as the young daughter of the new headteacher, played by actress Amanda Burton.

“Alycia is a lovely girl and is showing great talent,” said Stage 84 principal Valerie Jackson.