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WHEN Ashley Shaw was training to be a dancer, little did she think she would be gracing a Newcastle stage with one of the UK's must-loved dance companies.
But when she treads the boards of the Theatre Royal next week as Princess Sugar in Nutcracker! it will be a very different Newcastle to where she first learned her moves.
For it was Newcastle Australia where Ashley did her dance training ... although she is well-acquainted with the Toon too. The dancer has been with Matthew Bourne's New Adventures for three years and has already performed in Swan Lake and taken the lead in Cinderella at the Royal.
"It's very different to the Newcastle I'm from," she laughs. "But it's a great city and we always look forward to getting to...