A YOUNG actress has won a place at a workshop run by a stage school.

Christina Cuthbertson, 17, will take part in a week-long residential workshop organised by the National Youth Theatre, ending in a stage performance.

Christina, a sixth form student at Durham School, will join youngsters from across the country for the Manchester workshop in August, after her two-minute monologue A Day in the Death of Joe Egg impressed the judges at her audition.

Christina, from East Herrington, near Sunderland, said: "I feel very honoured to be accepted onto the course.

"I was thrilled when I found out.

"I auditioned for the school last year, but I was much more confident this year, and I'm really looking forward to it."

Christina, who also sings and plays the piano and flute, is studying for A-Levels in theatre studies, history, English language and literature and music, and hopes to become a professional actress.