Meet Shirley: a middle-aged housewife from Liverpool who talks to the wall whilst preparing her husband's dinner. She's in a rut and she knows it. What has happened to her life? When her best friend Jane pays for a holiday for two to Greece, she packs her bags, heads for the sun and starts to see the world and especially herself rather differently.....
Commissioned by the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool,
Willy Russell's
Shirley Valentine premiered in 1986 directed by Glen Walford. In 1988, under the direction of Simon Callow
, it opened in the West End, winning the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, and starred Pauline Collins, who went on to play Shirley on Broadway (winning a Tony Award) and in the hit 1988 movie (winning a BAFTA Award and Oscar nomination).
Starring
Meera Syal 'London's Best Comic Performance' (Time Out).
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