Shirley Valentine

8 – 26 Apr 2025

Play Trailer

Venue
Courtyard
Running time
2 hrs 10 mins incl. 20 min interval
Age guidance
12+
Content Advisories

Find out more

Content Advisories

This production includes occasional strong language and sexual references. During the performance, eggs will be cooked and water-based haze will be used.
Group bookings

Find out more

Group bookings

Please contact our Box Office on 0113 213 7700 or email groups@leedsplayhouse.org.uk to book in your school or group (10 tickets or more) to come and see a production.

School prices for Shirley Valentine are £15 per ticket. To help support your visit, every 11th seat will be free of charge. When booking, please provide the total number of seats required including staff.

Groups of 10+ get £5 off tickets on the top 2 price bands.

All offers are subject to availability.

Be transported to sunny Greece with this beloved northern comedy!

Mina Anwar stars in the title role in Willy Russell’s heart-warming one-woman comedy.

Housewife Shirley feels stuck in a rut and frustrated now that the kids have flown the nest. Whilst making egg and chips for her husband, she can’t help but wonder what has happened to her life…

When the opportunity arises to leave her hometown behind for a holiday in Greece, she is off! Leaving a note on the kitchen table, Shirley heads to the sun to rediscover herself.

From the writer of Blood Brothers and Educating Rita, this critically acclaimed romantic comedy was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Pauline Collins and Tom Conti.

By special arrangement with the Octagon Theatre Bolton, for a limited season only. Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine with Mina Anwar. Directed by Lotte Wakeham.