There’s a line in a song somewhere, about a mother, gazing out the window after her children have all left home. She is lost deep in thought, a momentary sadness etched onto her features before she is pulled back into the reality of her life and the demands that continue to be made of her by default of being a mother, of a wife, a carer.
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Shirley Valentine runs at The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh until 29 June and then at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre from 4 July until 28 September 2024.
Leither. Writer | Broadcaster | Actor | Award-winning playwright/director| Content Creator. Entertainment commentator. Theatre consultant. Former Edinburgh Evening News Arts and Entertainment Editor. 40 years in media.
