Bruno appeared on the Paul O'Grady Show yesterday in what was a very good episode

Bruno was firstly interviewed, where he promoted Flashdance and also revealed how he forgot the lyrics to his song whilst he was on stage recently! He also talked about Coronation Street, with both Paul and fellow guest Amanda Redman praising him for the Todd storyline, and he also talked about fatherhood and his son Freddie, who is going through a bit of a naughty phase at the moment as he keeps hitting people! I think there must be something in the name though as my nephew Freddie is exactly the same too!

After his interview, there was a bit of a cooking segment, where Bruno, Amanda and Paul were taught all about food and cooking from genius chef Heston Blumenthal!

You can watch both the interview and cooking segment on the multimedia page here.

I have also uploaded lots of screencaps from the show, which you can see by clicking below...

Bruno was supposed to be on the Paul O'Grady Show on Friday but will now be on the show tomorrow instead, along with actress Amanda Redman and chef Heston Blumenthal, who are also on the show!

Catch Bruno tomorrow from 5pm-6pm on channel 4 or watch the repeat an hour later on channel 4+1.

Bruno was recently interviewed on Hayes Fm, where he chatted to presenter Jill Kenton about his role in Flashdance and his plans for the future, saying how he would love to do some more TV and film roles.

He also answered that all important question - who his favourite member of Girls Aloud is! (Cheryl Cole!)

You can listen to the interview on Jill Kenton's voice reel on her official website here.

(thanks to Peter)

Bruno keeps on getting well deserved praise for his role in Flashdance

A review in The Bolton News last month praised Bruno, Noel Sullivan and Ruthie Stephens for their "quality performances" and a review in the Edinburgh Evening News commented: "As for the veteran Bernie Nolan as Alex's mother, well, she just makes it look so easy, as does – surprisingly – ex-Corrie star Bruno Langley."

(thanks to Joanna)

Flashdance has reached Sunderland this week on its nationwide UK tour and there's a great review of it on the UK Theatre Network.

Bruno gets a particularly good review as reviewer Steve Burbridge writes: "Bruno Langley gave a fine performance as good-boy-gone-bad Jimmy Kaminsky. It is always difficult for actors who have achieved fame through soaps to be allowed to be taken seriously as versatile performers with genuine talent and ability. However, I believe that Bruno has now defied any potential doubters."

You can read the full review here.

Prior to Sunderland, the show visited Bradford a few weeks ago and was reviewed by stagebeauty.net, which gave the show a mixture of positive and negative comments.

Bruno comes out of the review very well though with the reviewer writing: "The biggest problem is that the main characters just don't really engage us enough. Consequently we end up being rather more involved with the back stories surrounding the much more interesting characters of Gloria and Jimmy than we are with the main thread about Alex and hum-drum Nick. And we can blame that in no small part on fantastic performances from Bruno Langley as Jimmy, and Ruthie Stevens as Gloria. Bruno is hugely underused in this piece given that he has a great voice never hinted at in his TV appearances."

You can read the full review here, although please note that it contains some major spoilers for the show.

(thanks to Joanna and Peter)

According to the Radio Times, Bruno will be a guest on The Paul O'Grady Show next Friday

The show will air from 5pm-6pm on channel 4 on 31st October, or you can catch it an hour later on channel 4+1.

There was a great story in The Guardian's theatre blog yesterday, regarding an incident that happened on stage in Flashdance on Thursday.

Apparently, a dancer lost their shoe halfway through a routine and the shoe was just sat in the middle of the stage distracting the audience. So when Bruno came on for his next scene, he picked up the shoe and integrated it into his scene, an act which gave Bruno huge cheers as he left the stage!

You can read the full story here.

Bruno was papped by the paparazzi as he left the theatre after performing in Flashdance in Manchester last month, and this picture has now been published in Soaplife magazine. You can see this picture by clicking on the thumbnail below. There is also a Bruno comment to go with the picture, where he is quoted as saying: "I can hold a tune, but I don't think I'll be one of those actors who tries to be a pop star."

There's a lovely interview with Bruno in The Press newspaper ahead of Flashdance arriving in York next week.

In this interview, he talks about his family and career so far as well as his current role in Flashdance. Interestingly enough, he originally auditioned for the lead male role of Nick Hurley, a part which eventually went to Noel Sullivan. But Bruno is more than happy to be playing Jimmy instead as "there are more layers to a bad lad".

You can read the full interview here.

Flashdance has been performing in London this week at the New Wimbledon theatre and, to celebrate, a special aftershow party was held for the cast.

The Stage newspaper has published a photo of Bruno in attendance at the party, and you can see this by clicking below: