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Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita 'are both unmissably good'
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Trafalgar Studios 1 plays Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita have both been recommended by a London theatre critic.
Dominic Cavendish, reviewing both for the Telegraph, said they are "unmissably good".
He commented that Meera Syal and Laura Dos Santos as Shirley and Rita respectively offer up "two of the finest female performances to be found on the London stage", with both warm, likeable and charismatic.
Mr Cavendish also praised writer Willy Russell for putting the shows together, saying the scripts are spot-on.
The critic concluded by giving both plays four stars and labelling them "highly recommended".
Anyone who enjoys Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita could check out Blood Brothers, which was also penned by Willy Russell.
This tells the story of two twin brothers who are separated at birth because their mother is too poor to care for them both.
They meet up later in life without realising they are related, but events take a shattering turn after they both fall for the same girl.
