This heart-warming one-woman play centers an ordinary English housewife, performed by Hedgerow Company Artist  Susie Wefel. As Shirley prepares ‘chips and egg’ for dinner, she ruminates on her life – quite literally talks to the wall – and shares about her husband, her children, her past, and considers an invitation from an old friend to join her on holiday in Greece for a surprise adventure. Micki Sharpe returns to direct, reuniting with Wefel, a long-time collaborator for this disarming and endearing work by celebrated playwright Willy Russell. 

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Shirley Valentine

Hedgerow Theatre Company

Mandela Tales is a production by composer Shirley J Thompson, inspired by the book Nelson Mandela's Favourite African Folktales (WW Norton & Company, 2002) with music by Thompson, designed to appeal to families and young people.

Melissa Morris

Events

Upcoming events

Jun 27, 2026

The African Concert Series · Wigmore Hall

Past events

9 - 24 Feb, 2024

Shirley Valentine · Hedgerow Theatre Company

Future and recently performed repertoire

Piano in Mandela Tales by Thompson

Wigmore Hall

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