Liverpool’s Royal Court is staging its biggest project to date in September with a new musical from one of the city’s much-loved playwrights. A very funny and heartwarming story, Mrs Kay’s Progress ...

3 ICYMI: Next On Stage: Season 5- Meet the Top 5 4 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists These productions elevate two sides of the same coin, companion pieces exploring life's potential.

In MutualArt’s artist press archive, Willy Russell is featured in 2023’s Hot 100: The Essential Shows, Exhibitions, Books and Theatre to See in the New Year, a piece from Telegraph in January 2023.

A universal desire for a better life is what keeps Educating Rita fresh and relevant more than three decades on, according to the man who wrote it. Acclaimed Liverpool playwright Willy Russell sat ...

Meera Syal, Larry Lamb and Laura Dos Santos will star in the Menier Chocolate Factory's upcoming spring season of two Willy Russell comedies, slated to begin performances on March 26. Syal stars in ...

Playwright Willy Russell has dismissed talk of taking his new full scale musical version of Our Day Out on tour or to the West End. The musical play heads into its final week at the Royal Court ...

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It was only a fortnight ago that Willy Russell’s beloved musical Blood Brothers played to packed houses at The Lowry. If you were one of those people moved by the show’s winning blend of social satire ...

Playwright Willy Russell was on hand to officially launch his new archive at Liverpool John Moores University. The 66-year-old author of Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine and Blood Brothers has ...