Willy Russell
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
Susannah Clapp
05, Mar, 2023 @10:30 AM
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
Arifa Akbar
02, Mar, 2023 @12:01 AM
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
Chris Wiegand
09, Dec, 2022 @10:08 AM
Cultural prescription: plays, films, books and more to help you start university
From Educating Rita to The Secret History, Guardian critics suggest some comfort viewing and listening to take on campus
Miriam Gillinson, Peter Bradshaw, Jenessa Williams, Justine Jordan and Adrian Searle
27, Sep, 2021 @2:43 PM
Bob Swash obituary
West End theatre producer behind a string of hits including Evita and Blood Brothers
Michael Coveney
26, Mar, 2021 @5:23 PM
Educating Rita review – sharp-edged take on 1980s nostalgia piece
Willy Russell’s play works well in a socially-distanced staging, and the questions it asks about the value of arts and education feel more pertinent than ever
Arifa Akbar
30, Oct, 2020 @11:34 AM
Educating Rita; The Comedy of Errors review – a breath of fresh air
An unflappable duo braved the elements in Willy Russell’s comedy drama, while Shakespeare’s crowd-pleaser cheered a lockdown-weary audience
Clare Brennan
30, Aug, 2020 @9:30 AM
40th-anniversary Educating Rita to open at cliffside Cornwall theatre
Production starring Stephen Tompkinson and Jessica Johnson will resume at Minack theatre after coronavirus halted UK tour
Chris Wiegand
17, Jul, 2020 @8:51 PM
Lewis Gilbert: master craftsman who went beyond Bond with a 'working class trilogy' | Peter Bradshaw
Gilbert, who has died aged 97, may have been best known for his three 007 films, but it’s the films he made about working class life that are his great achievement
Peter Bradshaw
28, Feb, 2018 @7:00 AM
Spy Who Loved Me director Lewis Gilbert dies aged 97
British filmmaker whose career spanned eight decades was best known for drecting three Bond films and making a major star of Michael Caine in Alfie
Andrew Pulver
27, Feb, 2018 @5:48 PM
Educating Rita review – Willy Russell's Pygmalion story still broadens the mind
Jessica Baglow is radiant as the gobby but intellectually insatiable hairdresser who spars with her boozy Open University lecturer
Alfred Hickling
24, Jan, 2017 @12:14 PM
Educating Rita review – Lashana Lynch is ‘dazzlingly fresh’
Despite Lenny Henry’s first-night nerves, this Rita should graduate with distinction
Kate Kellaway
28, Jun, 2015 @7:00 AM
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