Ex-Corrie star suffers for her art

Former Coronation Street star Tracy Shaw has told how she has been in tears as she suffers for her art – by having a painful waxing treatment for her stage role.

The star appears completely naked on stage in the play The Blue Room and was required to have all of her body hair removed.

Shaw – who formerly played Corrie crimper Maxine Peacock – told next week’s Radio Times that she had to take tablets to dull the pain.

“It hurts like hell,” she told the magazine, which is published on Tuesday.

“I had to be waxed all over because I appear naked. I cry each time I get waxed.

“And I always take two painkillers an hour before an appointment,” she said.