CHAY Sutton, a year 9 pupil at Wellington School, has been handed the lead role in the Wellington Arts Association Youth Theatre’s forthcoming production of ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’.

There are performances on December 5-6 at Wellington Arts Association when Chay will be playing Rowan Atkinson’s infamous central character, Edmund Blackadder.

Chay, 13, took part in Wellington Carnival earlier this autumn as part of the Genesis Youth Theatre entry, and has also appeared in productions at Wellington School, including Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits’ and ‘The Witches’.