EastEnders' Adam Woodyatt and Laurie Brett – who played married couple Ian and Jane Beale – are reuniting on stage next year.

The duo will be starring together in stage play Looking Good Dead for the 2022 leg of its tour, playing husband and wife Tom and Kellie Bryce. Adam is already part of the cast, with Laurie joining him in a few months time.

The thriller focuses on a middle-aged man who makes a shocking discovery that causes him to look into his own tragic past. Meanwhile, a man finds a disc on a train and his attempt to return it to its owner leads to a potentially fatal chain of events.

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"It is so exciting to be getting back on stage in such a thrilling play," Brett said (via What's on Stage).

"I'm a massive Peter James fan and to be working alongside my dear friend Adam as husband and wife again is going to be great fun. I can't wait to get started."

Their run kicks off on January 25 in Glasgow, with the tour expecting to stop at Cambridge, Shrewsbury, Richmond, Birmingham, Dartford, Coventry, Southend, Nottingham, York, Worthing, Bromley and Cheltenham. Tickets for some of the shows are available here.

Let's hope that the pair don't have a reverse 'How's Adam?' moment and call each other by their EastEnders names.

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Adam joked a few months back that he may not return to EastEnders, stating: "EastEnders might not want me back! We could get a new boss in who goes: 'Beale's gone, we don't need him any more.'

"I think even if I actually left, I'd still be part of the fabric. Ian will always be associated with the Square," he added. "People still talk about Den and Angie, and they haven't been on the programme in 32 years, so I think I will always be there in people's minds."

EastEnders airs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on BBC One.

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