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PRODUCTION: Shirley Valentine (Drama) PRODUCTION DATE: October 2005 DIRECTED BY: Jan Case STAGED: The Burgess Hill Theatre SYNOPSIS: Taking the form of a monologue by a middle-aged, working class Liverpool housewife, it focuses on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad. Wondering what happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips 'an' egg, until her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece. Without a second thought, she packs her bags, leaves a note on the kitchen table, and heads for a fortnight of rest and relaxation. What she finds is romance and a new awareness of who she is and what her existence can be with just a little effort on her part. PLAYWRIGHT: Willy Russell
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