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6 – 28 February
Educating Rita
by Willy Russell

dates and times

running time: 2 hours 30 minutes (including interval)

Artistic Credits
Director - Matt Devitt
Designer - Rodney Ford
Lighting - Matthew Eagland
On the Book - Lisa Poet

A new version of the classic comedy from the writer of Blood Brothers, One for the Road and Shirley Valentine.

Rita, a young hairdresser trapped by her marriage, joins the Open University to broaden her horizons. Her world weary tutor, Dr Frank Bryant, is alcoholic, unprofessional, rude and disinterested. As Rita enthusiastically discovers Chekhov, Ibsen and Eliot, Frank rediscovers his own love for literature and learns a little about himself.

"a simply marvellous play, painfully funny and passionately serious… a fairytale" Sunday Times

Sign Language Interpreted Performance - Wednesday 18 February at 8pm - Interpreted by Tracey Barlow
Audio Described Performance - Saturday 28 February at 2.30pm - Described by Terence John

rehearsal photographs

production photographs by Nobby Clark

Face to Face with Willy Russell, Rob Kinsman talks to Willy Russell