Equus has a Leading Lady

Her name is Joanna Christie, 24, from Holmfirth, and she was chosen to be Daniel Radcliffe's girlfriend on stage.

Director Thea Sharrock and producers David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers auditioned 308 young actresses for the part of Jill, the stable-girl.

'It was the chemistry between them,' observed Mr Pugh, one of the producers of Equus, which will begin performances at the Gielgud Theatre on February 16, with a first night on February 27.

Mr Pugh joked: 'She was the one Daniel fancied the most, and that swung it for us.'

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