I'm A Celeb's Adam Woodyatt on what really happened in the castle and life after EastEnders as he swaps Albert Square for Salford

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He played entrepreneur Ian Beale in EastEnders for 36 before leaving the soap a year ago. And after showing the nation he's nothing like whingeing chip shop boss Ian with his stint on I'm a Celebrity, Adam Woodyatt is thrilled to be starring in the Peter James thriller Looking Good Dead in a return to the stage for the first time since he was 13-years-old.

In the play, coming to The Lowry theatre in Salford tomorrow (Tuesday January 18, he plays Tom Bryce who inadvertently becomes a witness to a vicious murder. READ MORE: ITV Dancing On Ice fans 'gasp' over Sally from Corrie's stunning show look Reporting the crime to the police has disastrous consequences, placing him and his family in grave danger Former Coronation Street and Emmerdale actress Gaynor Faye plays his wife Kellie in the play, which runs in Salford until Saturday. "It's the first time I've been in a play for getting on for 40 years," said Adam. "There have been pantos over the years but all that it's done is reminded me why I got bitten by the acting bug when I was 13 and I've loved being back on stage. "For me it's play time.

It's like being back in the playground playing pretend. "I'm doing what I've always loved and long may it continue." The door was left open for Adam's iconic soap character to return to EastEnders after Ian fled Albert Square when his wife Sharon attempted to murder him with poisoned pasta over his part in the death of her son Dennis Mitchell.

Ian was the only remaining original character to have appeared continuously since the first episode on February 19 1985. Asked if he would return to TV he told us: "I've got no idea where life is going to take me. "Whether it takes me onto another tour at the end of this one, if it takes