Who is willy russell

He wrote further stage works, One for the Road and Stags and Hens In , it premiered at the Warehouse, London. It starred Julie Walters and Mark Kingston. The play ran to "at least" June The play has been translated and produced in almost every part the globe.

It has recieved awards. In , the play returned to the Liverpool Everyman. In , Russell wrote Shirley Valentine. This went on to an acclaimed West End run. It received an Olivier Award, Comedy of the Year. In February , the play transferred to New York. It had a highly successful Broadway run to November Collins received a Tony Award for Best Actress.

Both Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita became feature films. Russell received an Oscar nomination for his Educating Rita screenplay. Russell has had success with his play Blood Brothers. This is 'a Liverpudlian folk opera' about a pair of twins. The twins are separated at birth and brought up in different environments. It has had over 10, consecutive performances during its year West End run, which ended in November At the same time, there were UK touring and international productions.

Both Frank and Rita go through changes that mean giving up their respective cultures, and the play does not shrink from acknowledging what it costs them even though it is positive change.

About the play, Russell says, "it was celebrating academic life and celebrating her enthusiasm and [exploring] how the idea of expansion of oneself and fulfillment of oneself through education can be completely exhilarating, but there are many potential pitfalls. That, of course, is why the play has endured: on the strengths of its own enthusiasm for the ideas of expansion, fulfillment, and true regard for others. All rights reserved Trouble viewing this site?

Please download Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Tiger Style! Plan Your Visit. About Us. Support Us. Learn More Did you know? Willy Russel at home. Photo credit: Anita Schiffer-Fuchs. Source: willyrussell. This musical about The Beatles ran for a then-unprecedented eight weeks before moving to the West End, where it stayed for a year. It has since been translated and produced across the globe, and a film was produced in with Julie Walters and Michael Caine. Russell received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay.

You can see this hilarious comedy on stage at the Grand between 16th March and 21st March Shirley Valentine , written in for the Liverpool Everyman before going over to the West End, focuses on a middle-aged, working-class housewife from Liverpool.

The story follows her before and after a transforming holiday abroad in the form of a monologue.