RACHEL Stafford, aged 22,Zabove,Zis the new Marketing Officer at Bolton's Octagon Theatre.

A former pupil of Bolton School, Rachel read Modern History at Oxford before deciding she wanted to be involved in theatre.

She worked at the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, before coming to Bolton and is delighted to be back on home ground. Her parents live at Greenmount, Bury.

Rachel replaces Vickie Brock who has gone to work in London's West End.

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