He’s created a show for everyone. During Willy Russell's crafty monodrama, ''Shirley Valentine,'' the summer season's final play at the Westport Country Playhouse, the audience is drawn into Shirley's release from intimidation. Mr. Russell has created a woman with the capacity to be truly endearing and consequential. She is also convincing when she confides in the kitchen wall, letting it into her innermost thoughts and even at one point telling it to shut up for apparently interrupting her. Willy Russell Derby Playhouse (2004) Share: Willy Russell's one-woman play about a 42-year-old housewife who wants to break out of her humdrum life is both challenging and daunting: it must give an actress an incredible buzz being alone on stage and the focus of attention but the part has about 16,000 words - more even than Hamlet. But no amount of preparation can recreate actually being out there in the spotlight, with no one to turn to if anything goes wrong. It’s a play rich with subtlety, nuance, details of the heart and with each production I discover a bit more and see things I missed. And the playwright has given anecdotal color to more than a good half-dozen unseen characters, besides Joe: Shirley's liberating Greek lover, Costas, her rebellious son and bossy daughter, her obsessive father, an insensitive teacher, and a condescending, then unexpectedly compassionate neighbor.

She shows us, all too scarily, how we too might wind up talking to walls, using ''words that have nowhere to go - and die.'' All the same, Mr. Russell has Shirley dispensing bromides with a fierceness that makes one wince. Nora McLellan is absolutely brilliant as Shirley. By Willy Russell 277-4177. We do what we have to do,'' and so on.) Out of the blue, her best friend offers her the chance of a lifetime – but … Continue reading → Special thanks to: SPECIAL COVID-19 ANNOUNCEMENT. Who's Shirley trying to impress anyway? Director Uzma Hameed decided she needed to cast the part before Christmas, giving the actress plenty of time to get to grips with the role. May 22 to June 10, 2018 Our Current Home is the Southampton Town Hall, 201 High St. Southampton Ontario N0H2L0, Corner of High St. and HWY 21. Shirley Valentine By Willy Russell Directed by David Hogan Performed by Nora McLellan Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Director David Hogan has made the most of a smart script. She makes the most of lines such as "Marriage is like the Middle East - there's no solution" and "Sex is like Sainsbury's - overrated." Photo by Diane O’Dell. Actually, Tones is not on her own on stage - Nigel Woodhouse joins in at all the right times with his guitar accompaniment which is exceptionally atmospheric.

She is, after all, a Shirley of substance. Throughout the evening Tones delivers her lines with a freshness that means even if you know them from seeing the play or Lewis Gilbert's film, it's as though you're hearing them for the first time. Photo by Diane O’Dell, Shirley Valentine Tones is totally at home with the witty, incisive script - it never ceases to amaze me how Russell can get inside the mind of his female characters - and she immerses herself in the role so much that she appears to be speaking on a one-to-one basis with each member of the audience. While the colourful language and adult content make it perfect for a girls’ night out (and for “girls” read “adult women”).

Her kids have left home and she makes dinner for her husband every night while talking to the wall. Ms. Martin succeeds best when she doesn't seem to be really trying.

On opening night, she was interrupted several times by spontaneous applause as the audience enjoyed her humour and comedic timing. He gets involved in the action too, wearing a tea towel on his head to take the part of a shepherd when Shirley describes her son's nativity play. The wall? "Shirley Valentine" runs until February 28th, News, reviews, features and podcast on theatre across the UK.

She handles the challenge of being the only character on stage by filling the space. Shirley Valentine continues at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia until June 10. Hameed and Tones' Shirley Valentine is as tasty an offering as the kalamari Shirley has during her first few days in the Mediterranean. During Willy Russell's crafty monodrama, ''Shirley Valentine,'' the summer season's final play at the Westport Country Playhouse, the audience is drawn into Shirley's release from intimidation.

There is palpable delight at seeing her in Greece. “Shirley Valentine” will be performed Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. through Sunday, March 21, at the Black River Playhouse on the corner of Grove and Maple Streets in … It remains for the actress in charge to let us into deeper dramatic terrain. Audience Advice: This production contains adult themes. THEATER; 'Shirley Valentine' At Westport Playhouse. The play all too often sinks to that, and Jeff Lee's staging might help Ms. Martin avoid overusing her audience-wooing charms. During Willy Russell's crafty monodrama, ''Shirley Valentine,'' the summer season's final play at the Westport Country Playhouse, the audience is drawn into Shirley's release from intimidation. (''We don't do what we want to do. Shirley Valentine continues at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia until June 10. In the end Tones masters Liverpudlian, Mancunian and Greek accents with ease. McLellan is one of Canada’s best actors. She transmits Shirley's fear of the ''land beyond the wall.'' Performed by Nora McLellan The set is amazingly real.

Any mother who has experienced the empty nest syndrome will identify with Shirley. A Huge Success! To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Opened in 1939, the Ojai Art Center encompasses eight branches for the various art disciplines. Greece is the word; Tones gives a near saintly performance. Bruce County Playhouse.

The Theater Branch annually presents a variety of dramatic productions, ranging from comedy to drama and musicals. Wheelchair Accessible. Directed by David Hogan Quite unlike the role's originator, the ineffable award-winning Pauline Collins, Ms. Martin, in manner and demeanor, is not absolutely plain. Shirley is longing for her carefree youth, when she was single, when she was still Shirley Valentine – her maiden name. Don’t miss the opportunity to see her command the stage in this funny, yet thought-provoking, one-woman triumph. Willy Russell's one-woman play about a 42-year-old housewife who wants to break out of her humdrum life is both challenging and daunting: it must give an actress an incredible buzz being alone on stage and the focus of attention but the part has about 16,000 words - more even than Hamlet. A veteran of the Shaw and Stratford Stages, McLellan has also performed across Canada. A one-person show takes great energy – the actor has to maintain the audience’s attention for the entire evening. In her own fashion, though, she arrives at the poignance of a character who laments her ''unused life,'' and she scores the triumph of one who takes the risk of finally using that life. Dinner & Show. After a nervous opening in which she momentarily forgot she was supposed to be a Scouser, Tones settled down to give a stunning performance. She learns that she is finally able to look after herself, after a lifetime of putting others first. Call the box office at 1-800-717-7694 or 519-882-1221 or visit www.thevpp.ca for tickets. She wants to grab at life, talk to her husband again and not the wall, and find her self. Ever wonder what it would be like to escape your life and explore new horizons? You keep your head down and hope the cease-fire holds.”  The Liverpool housewife is so lonely she talks to the wall, and with the wall as her confidant, no subject is off limits. The Ojai Art Center is the longest continuously-operating multi-disciplinary center serving the arts in the State of California. That was one of the many reasons why some of the audience gave her a standing ovation. You will remember her from last season at VPP where she was so funny as Gail in The Birds and The Bees.

Shirley is a Liverpool housewife. As for the set, designer Leslie Travers, who is making his Derby debut, has come up with a masterpiece.

Remaining performances: tomorrow through Friday at 8:30, Wednesday at 2 and Saturday at 5 and 8:30. “Marriage is like the Middle East,” she says, “There’s no solution. The monologue in this one-woman show flows smoothly, her thoughts moving from one hilarious story to the next.

Shirley’s kitchen is complete with a working “cooker” where her chips sizzle and steam rises from her eggs. When she relates things said by her husband Joe, neighbour Jillian, mate Jane, and love interest Kosta, the voices, intonations and accents change delightfully. Produced by the Thousand Islands Playhouse. Call the box office at 1-800-717-7694 or 519-882-1221 or visit www.thevpp.ca for tickets. Tones is highly emotional when she wonders what happened to the carefree Shirley Valentine of her youth, terrified of what might happen to her if she left her husband, and philosophical when she contemplates how her old self "got lost in all this unused life". How will things unfold?

This show leaves you wondering: What’s the next step for Shirley? ''Shirley Valentine,'' at the Westport Country Playhouse, 25 Powers Court, just off Post Road East (Route 1). Shirley is trapped in a midlife crisis. She is a great storyteller; moving us through the timeline of Shirley’s life seems perfectly natural. He won't develop a moment when a pat summing up, however arguable, will do, even if it is later to be contradicted. After the interval, when Shirley finds herself on a Greek beech, there is a huge postcard at the back of the stage proclaiming "Greetings from Corfu" with waves which actually ripple and stars come out when the sun goes down. She chose as Shirley Valentine Hilary Tones, an experienced actress who played Lady Macduff in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and who in the summer made her West End debut in Franco Zeffirelli's production of Absolutely! See the article in its original context from. Comedy is created in her earnest presentation of each character. British playwright Willy Russell has crafted a deliciously funny everywoman story with Shirley Valentine, now on stage at Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia. From the start, she pushes too hard to entertain and to please, succumbing to stand-up routine level, even when seated at the kitchen table. The first act features the kitchen of Shirley's semi-detached home complete with working appliances and even a wooden fence visible through the window. But if opening night was any indication, men in the audience will fully enjoy it, too. McLellan holds the audience in her hand, getting every laugh from the hilarious lines, while keeping listeners on edge when her voice drops in the sad and emotion-filled moments.

Reviewed by Mary Alderson, Come into the Rehearsal Hall with David Hogan and Nora McLellan, 411 Greenfield Street Petrolia, ON N0N 1R0, Shirley Valentine ~ 2018 – Entertain This Thought. Victoria Playhouse, Petrolia Does she reunite with Joe or move on? Photo: Nora McLellan as Shirley Valentine. Shirley is a Liverpool housewife whose kids have left home and she now makes chips and eggs for her husband every night while talking to the wall. Out of the blue, her best friend offers her a trip to Greece and she secretly packs her bags, heads for the sun and starts to see the world and herself very differently. Quiet, unassuming Shirley Valentine wants to change her life and her husband’s. Still, Ms. Martin is wonderful at seizing those undeveloped moments and coming up with lovely, loving, touching details. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Later, she moves to a beach in Greece, where a rock becomes her confidant replacing her kitchen wall.

And he got so carried away with trying the chips Shirley cooked for her husband that he missed the first couple of notes of his next tune! All the more remarkable when you consider she has to cope with cooking her unseen husband's chips and egg in the fully functional kitchen as well and assuming different accents and reciting the mammoth part.

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