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‘She spread love and naughtiness’: Simon Callow on directing Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine

Her natural performance in Willy Russell’s masterpiece seemed effortless but Collins found it hugely challenging – and still made every day a party

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025

Where are the Shirley Valentines today?

The news that the actor Pauline Collins had died touched a nerve for Terri White. Brought up in a working-class culture, surrounded by Shirley Valentines (Rita, Sue and Bob too), she wondered, where on earth did they all go?

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2025

Pauline Collins obituary

Actor who earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Shirley Valentine, a dissatisfied housewife who sets off on a romantic quest in Greece

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2025

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Shirley Valentine gave Pauline Collins a role to match her talent. She seized it with style and glee

The film for which the actor, who has died aged 85, is best-remembered is also that in which she was afforded most airtime. If only more film-makers had managed to channel her warm, sharp charm

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025

Shirley Valentine review – huge laughs and tender feelings at a Liverpool homecoming

Back at the theatre where it premiered in 1986, Willy Russell’s play about a midlife voyage of self-discovery retains both its local and universal appeal

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025

Bill Kenwright obituary

Producer of stage hits including Blood Brothers who took Medea to Broadway and served as the chairman of Everton FC

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2023

Coleen Rooney makes 100 mile journey to support Sheridan Smith

The WAG and her mum Colette headed to York on Wednesday

Liverpool Echo · May 4, 2023

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The week in theatre: Women, Beware the Devil; Romeo and Julie; Shirley Valentine – review

Director Rupert Goold and co have a field day with Lulu Raczka’s elusive new Jacobean folk horror; star-crossed Cardiff teenagers snare hearts and minds; and Sheridan Smith makes Willy Russell’s midlife monologue her own

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2023

Shirley Valentine review: Sheridan Smith gives the performance of the year so far

Willy Russell’s 1986 warm, wistful play about a bored housewife is the perfect vehicle for Smith’s return to the stage

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Shirley Valentine review – Sheridan Smith disarms and dazzles with heart and soul

Willy Russell’s 1986 monologue about a neglected woman’s midlife liberation is given new life in this perceptive production

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023

Shirley Valentine at Duke of York’s Theatre review: superb Sheridan Smith breathes life into this dated play

It’s great to see her back on stage

Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023

Sheridan Smith poses completely topless as she announces major career move

Seasoned actress Sheridan Smith told fans she was "very, very excited" for her latest gig as she posed topless promoting her titular role in Willy Russell's Shirley Valentine

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

Sheridan Smith looks fresh-faced as she prepares for her return to London's West End

Sheridan Smith has been snapped out in London looking fresh faced as she prepares for her new role to play theatre's 'best loved mum' in West End come back

Daily Mirror · Dec 9, 2022

Sheridan Smith to star as Shirley Valentine in the West End

Smith will take on the role of ‘theatre’s best-loved mum’ in Willy Russell’s play in London in February

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2022

Shirley Valentine review – hilarious and heartrending revival of a romantic classic

Sally Reid is superbly deadpan in this devastating production of Willy Russell’s play about a woman who catches a glimpse of the life she could be living

Liverpool Echo · Apr 23, 2022

Celebrities you might not know have links to Wirral

You may be surprised that some of these celebs hail from the peninsula

Liverpool Echo · Feb 28, 2022

Art exhibition with work from Willy Russell, Yoko Ono and more to raise funds for Alder Hey

The charity's first ever art exhibition is titled Brighter Futures and will be at the Maritime Museum

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