Lancaster’s very own ‘Little and Large’ are currently proving the city’s most popular double act this summer.
At 4ft 11ins, Josie Cerise is always looking up to her 6ft 4ins sidekick, Andrew Ashford, in The Dukes outdoor walkabout production of Oliver Twist in Williamson Park.
Josie plays a female Artful Dodger and Andrew takes on the role of her dim-witted friend, Charley Bates in the play which runs until August 15.
The difference in their height is just one of the comic elements of this new adaptation of the Dickens classic written by Coronation Street scriptwriter Debbie Oates.
Josie, who was brought up near Chorley, has already become an audience favourite following her show-stealing performance as one of the Ugly Sisters in The Dukes production of Cinderella last Christmas.
Although she has appeared in the West End, on children’s television and across the world, Oliver Twist is her first experience of outdoor theatre so, as well as picking pockets, Josie has been picking up tips from Andrew who appeared in The Dukes 25th anniversary outdoor production of Merlin And The Legend Of King Arthur in 2011.