Dancin' thru the Dark is a 1990 British film directed by Mike Ockrent and written by Willy Russell, based on the play Stags and Hens by the same author and starring Con O'Neill, Claire Hackett, Simon O'Brien, Julia Deakin, Marji Campi, Colin Welland and Mark Womack.
She played Mrs. Roberts in Our Day Out (1977), Mrs Roberts in Part 2 of Willy Russell's 1983 TV series One Summer and barmaid Gwladys Lake in the Welsh television soap opera Pobol y Cwm.
Sketches were written by Walters' frequent collaborators, including Victoria Wood, Alan Bennett, Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale.
Bill Kenwright produced a revival in 1988 which has run for more than twenty years; the show was produced on Broadway in 1993.
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The semi-autobiographical Educating Rita was turned into a 1983 film with Michael Caine and Julie Walters.
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His first professional acting work was with a Theatre in Education company in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, and he was subsequently cast in Willy Russell plays such as Breezeblock Park (at the Liverpool Playhouse) and Blood Brothers (at the Derby Playhouse).
Dossor has directed theatre and television plays by contemporary playwrights like Chris Bond, Stephen Lowe, John McGrath, Adrian Mitchell and Willy Russell, Mike Stott, C.P.Taylor and Charles Wood; as well as classic plays by Bertolt Brecht and Shakespeare.
He was a member of the Liverpool based Neptune Theatre Company and appeared in the Willy Russell stage play Breezeblock Park and the Phil Redmond play Soaplights at the Liverpool Playhouse.
John, Paul, George, Ringo...& Bert is a 1974 musical by Willy Russell based on the story of The Beatles.
One Summer is a 1983 British television drama serial written by Willy Russell and directed by Gordon Flemyng.
From 26 March-8 May 2010, as part of the Willy Russell season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Laura Dos Santos reprises her radio performance, on stage as Rita alongside Larry Lamb as Frank.
She rose to prominence in the 1970s, playing Bert's girlfriend in the Willy Russell musical John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool transferring to the West End in 1974.