Theatre
Shirley Valentine
Middle-aged, working class, Liverpudlian housewife Shirley is alone again. And talking to the kitchen wall. Again.
The kids have flown the nest and her emotionally distant husband is on his way home for his tea of egg and chips.
Where has her life disappeared to?
is needed now More than ever
Out of the blue, her best friend offers her an all-expenses-paid trip to Greece for two weeks. So she packs her bags and leaves her husband a note on the kitchen table…
Praise for Schoolhouse
Abigail’s Party
“Anna Friend’s gloriously intimate and flawlessly cast production… is one of the finest renderings of the play I have ever seen.” – 5 STARS (Holly Georgeson – The Flaneur)
A Doll’s House
“A powerful and thought- provoking piece of theatre which is bold, entertaining and thoroughly lives up to the high expectations I have of this young company” – 5 STARS (Sarah-Jane Howard – 365 Bristol)
The Memory of Water
“Tightly directed, tense, and laced with home truths, plus a cast on top form, Shelagh Stephenson’s The Memory of Water flips from high comedy to bleak emotional desolation in this sharp production at the Alma.” (Harry Mottram – harrymottram.co.uk)
Dec 3-7, 8pm plus Thur & Sat 2.30pm, £13/£11 concs.
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