"Gone to Greece. Back in two weeks."

Meet Shirley: a middle-aged Liverpudlian housewife who talks to the wall while preparing her husband’s egg and chips. She’s in a rut. What has happened to her life? When her best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation for two to Greece she packs her bags, heads for the sun and starts to see the world and herself rather differently….

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

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).

Trafalgar Studios Theatre, Studio 1, Whitehall, London SW1
(nearest underground: Charing Cross)

Performances booking to October 30th, 2010:

3:30 pm:  August 12,14,28
                September 2,4,16,18,30
                October 2,14,16,28,30
7:30 pm:  August 16-21,23-27
                September 6-11,20-25,29
                October 4-9,18-23

Orchestra stalls

£57.00, £43.00 & £22.00

All booking fees and taxes are included in these London theater prices.

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