Educating Rita
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- Dates
- 8th May 2025 - 10th May 2025
- Matinee
- 10th May 2025
Book Tickets
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In Liverpool, 27-year-old hairdresser Rita decides to finally complete her basic education before having children, as desired by her husband Denny. She joins a literature course offered by the open university and is tutored by middle-aged Dr. Frank Bryant, an alcoholic, debauched upper-class professor whose life has left him emotionally drained and totally lacking in self-esteem. Rita’s humour and determination to improve herself is contagious. She gives motivation to Frank, who helps prepare her for the exams to join the university, and be able to leave Denny. So who is educating who – and will she succeed in the exams?
Educating Rita by Willy Russell almost needs no introduction. Perhaps best known from the film adaptation starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters, the play has been updated by the author and sparkles with wit and poignancy – as relevant today as ever it was.
Intimate, uplifting, poignant and very funny.