Shirley Valentine theatre breaks - LONDON

Description

Meet Shirley: a middle-aged Liverpudlian housewife who talks to the wall whilst preparing her husband's egg and chips. She's in a rut. 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 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, wining the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, and starring Pauline Collins, who went on to play Shirley on Broadway (winning a Tony Award) and in the 1988 film (winning a BAFTA Award and Oscar nomination)

Starring Meera Syal in 'London's Best Comic Performance' (Time Out).

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Address:

Trafalgar Studios
14 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2DY

How to get there:

Take the Northern or Bakerloo Line to Charing Cross station. The theatre is 10 minute walk.