Interviews & Insights

 

2021

North West End - Lockdown Interviews - Willy Russell
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2020

On-Magazine - Willy Russell interview. Playwright on Blood Brothers, Hendrix and more.
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2017

Mail Online - Willy Russell goes back to school…
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2016


Songwriting Magazine
- Sodajerker presents… Willy Russell
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2015

Terri Paddock - Interview with Willy Russell: As Educating Rita returns home to Liverpool for its 35th birthday
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The Guardian
- Julie Walters & Willy Russell: how we made Educating Rita
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Northern Soul
- Willy Russell: "writers have to be mavericks”
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Your Move
- Merseyside's acclaimed playwright talks to Your Move
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2012

The Telegraph - Willy Russell: ‘I want to talk about things that matter’
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2010

The Telegraph - The playwright's two greatest creations, Rita and Shirley, are returning to the stage.
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theartsdesk
- Q&A: Writer Willy Russell
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WhatsOnStage
- Brief Encounter With … Willy Russell
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2005

The collected interviews of Jim Mulligan - Blood Brothers
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2001

The Guardian - Why the working class love Sartre
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