YOUNG wannabes at casting agency Euro Kids celebrated fan-tastic success in drama exams.

The drama and theatre workshops have been running for three years at the Village Hotel and this year the children managed a 100 per cent pass rate in solo verse and prose exams. 70 per cent of the children received distinctions and honours.

Euro Kids also grooms its young thespians to appear on television programmes and in adverts. Recently children from Warrington have attended auditions for The Ward, Heartbeat and The Last Laughter Show. They have also been in the running for parts in adverts for British Airways, Comfort, Bold and Fairy Liquid.

Euro Kids is run by Debbie Ikin, who said: "The children all worked very hard for their exams and were delighted with the results. The workshops not only offer acting and speech skills but build their confidence enormously."

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