Shirley finds herself, once again, alone in her kitchen and talking to the wall whilst preparing the evening meal of chips and egg. She ponders what happened to the dreams of her youth and how she ended up in this unfulfilling existence. When her best friend shouts her a trip-for-two to Greece, she nervously packs her bags and leaves a note on a kitchen cupboard door.
Shirley heads off for a fortnight of sun and wine tasting in the country in which the grapes were grown. Will she rediscover the girl inside she feels is lost forever? Shirley the Magnificent; Shirley the Brave… Shirley Valentine.
Willy Russell’s wise and heart-warming comedy premiered in 1986 and took the world by storm. It was quickly adapted into an Oscar nominated film. Thirty years on, much has changed. Or has it?
Written by: Willy Russell
