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Woman in Mind review – play stands the test of time for its originality

Sheridan Smith’s disconsolate housewife seeks refuge in a fantasy world, in Alan Ayckbourn’s critique of the emptiness of married life

The Guardian - UK

‘She spread love and naughtiness’: Simon Callow on directing Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine

Her natural performance in Willy Russell’s masterpiece seemed effortless but Collins found it hugely challenging – and still made every day a party

The Guardian - UK

Where are the Shirley Valentines today?

The news that the actor Pauline Collins had died touched a nerve for Terri White. Brought up in a working-class culture, surrounded by Shirley Valentines (Rita, Sue and Bob too), she wondered, where on earth did they all go?

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Pauline Collins obituary

Actor who earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Shirley Valentine, a dissatisfied housewife who sets off on a romantic quest in Greece

The Guardian - UK

Pauline Collins’ Shirley Valentine co-star pays tribute to ‘phenomenal’ actor

The British actor died at the age of 85 at a care home

The Independent UK

Pauline Collins was actress ‘of phenomenal skill,’ says Tom Conti

The star of Shirley Valentine has died aged 85.

Evening Standard

Shirley Valentine gave Pauline Collins a role to match her talent. She seized it with style and glee

The film for which the actor, who has died aged 85, is best-remembered is also that in which she was afforded most airtime. If only more film-makers had managed to channel her warm, sharp charm

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Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85

Family pays tribute to actor who was a ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’

The Guardian - UK

Pauline Collins, British actress who won cult following for Shirley Valentine, dies at 85

Pauline Collins, the versatile British actress who won a cult following for her portrayal on stage and on screen of a disillusioned middle-aged housewife finding excitement in Greece, has died

The Independent UK

Shirley Valentine star and British acting icon Pauline Collins dies aged 85

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Pauline Collins dies aged 85: Oscar-nominated Shirley Valentine actress passes away after Parkinson's battle

The actress died having endured Parkinson’s disease for several years, her family said

Evening Standard

Beloved Shirley Valentine and Upstairs, Downstairs actress Pauline Collins dead aged 85

Best known for her role in Shirley Valentine, actress Pauline Collins has died aged 85.

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Pauline Collins, actor who starred in Shirley Valentine, dies aged 85

Collins died peacefully surrounded by loved ones, her family said in a statement

The Independent UK

Shirley Valentine actress Pauline Collins dies aged 85

She died peacefully surrounded by loved ones, her family said in a statement.

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‘I spoke complete twaddle for four minutes’: Meera Syal, Larry Lamb and more on the terror of stage fright

Forget Halloween! Real scares can happen to actors any night of the year. Big name performers, including Zachary Hart and Harmony Rose-Bremner, recall their worst moments – and how they overcame their fears

The Guardian - UK

Shirley Valentine review – huge laughs and tender feelings at a Liverpool homecoming

Back at the theatre where it premiered in 1986, Willy Russell’s play about a midlife voyage of self-discovery retains both its local and universal appeal

The Independent UK

Olivier Awards: Andrew Scott, Nicole Scherzinger and Sarah Jessica Parker among nominees

Annual British theatre awards will take place in April

The Guardian - UK

Olivier awards 2024: complete list of nominations

Sunset Boulevard and Dear England have the most nominations at this year’s awards – see who else is in the running

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Why I made my new Channel 4 drama The Change, or, We Need to Talk About The Menopause

The comedian and screenwriter Bridget Christie is putting a new type of heroine on screen, in a new type of love story

Daily Mirror

Sheridan Smith makes savage dig about her love life after string of heartaches

Actress Sheridan Smith has joked about finding her 'Costas' ahead of her Greece trip for the filming of her upcoming series, The Castaways, following her split last year

The Guardian - UK

A Passionate Woman review – Kay Mellor’s wry rummage through middle-aged angst

A year after Mellor’s death, Tess Seddon directs her 1993 play marked by dry northern wit, knowing ridiculousness and deep, understated sadness

Daily Mirror

Sheridan Smith lined up for one-woman Shirley Valentine tour - and she could net £500K

The tour comes on the heels of Smith's successful West End production, which netted £4 million in advance sales and was met with critical acclaim

Nottingham Post

Vicky McClure supporting Sheridan Smith after performance in Shirley Valentine

The actors were caught sharing a laugh backstage

Evening Standard

The Evening Standard Theatre Podcast: Jenna Coleman and Josie Rourke on Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

Plus reviews of Sheridan Smith in Shirley Valentine, and Women, Beware the Devil

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Women, Beware the Devil; Romeo and Julie; Shirley Valentine – review

Director Rupert Goold and co have a field day with Lulu Raczka’s elusive new Jacobean folk horror; star-crossed Cardiff teenagers snare hearts and minds; and Sheridan Smith makes Willy Russell’s midlife monologue her own

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