Shirley Valentine – starring Norma Sheahan

Name: Shirley Valentine – starring Norma Sheahan
Start: 2026-11-19
End: 2026-11-19
Location: Civic Theatre

Thursday, 19 November 2026

Event times:

20:00

Event location:

Civic Theatre

Event price:

€26.00

About this event

Norma Sheahan, one of Ireland’s leading dramatic actors, returns to The Civic with her “sell-out performance” of Willy Russell’s effervescent and iconic character Shirley Valentine.

Meet Shirley, a 45-year-old housewife, trapped in a dreary marriage and humdrum life. As she prepares her husband’s dinner-egg and chips, Shirley wonders when she lost her hopeful, youthful self. Feeling isolated, she resorts to full-blown (although somewhat one-sided) conversations with her bestie- her kitchen wall and dreams of excitement beyond her grim role as “St. Joan of the fitted units”. So, when an unexpected chance to travel to Greece appears, Shirley takes a leap, digs deep into her flagging confidence and discovers it’s never too late to reclaim your dreams, your joy, and yourself.

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