![]() ![]() ![]() You will then be allocated your seat on arrival. The action takes place in Franks Office over a one year period charting their relationship and that or their immediate family and friends.ĭue to continued social distancing measures in the auditorium we are currently selling all tickets for theatre productions on a general admission basis (ie not from a seat map). It is a play about a difficult social transition. It premiered in London, in 1980 and won the Society for West End Theatres (SWET) award for Best Comedy of the Year. This open-air amphitheatre clings to a Cornish. Kindle 9.99 Rate this book Educating Rita Willy Russell 3.68 4,164 ratings210 reviews 'Educating Rita' portrays a working-class Liverpool woman's hunger for education. This is a funny, witty and charming play with many laugh-out- loud moments juxtaposed with emotional poignant and heart wrenching moments. Educating Rita is set in a northern, redbrick university specifically, in the stuffy office of an English lecturer-cum-erstwhile minor poet. Enter Rita, a forthright 26 year-old hairdresser who is eager to learn. Frank’s worries and drinking problems eventually starves her of that original charm that caught his attention in the first place. Studio 61 presents: Educating Rita by Willy Russell. Rita’s feels her pursuit of an education alienates her from her social class. But Frank is injected with a new zest for life when meeting Rita and her unconventional ideas. ![]() In doing so she meets her professor Frank, a failed poet who has turned to alcohol. Feeling unready to accept the fate she embarks upon an Open University course. Rita is a hairdresser who feels that there should be more to life than having a baby. This play is set in the 1980s and deals with issues that are still relevant today. (This play is currently on Restricted Licence due to a National Tour) Tickets for the performance are currently limited to 50 per performance due to Covid 19 restrictions so they will be allocated on a first come first served basis from The Arts Centre Matchbox Theatre is pleased to announce that they have secured a Licence for three performances of Educating Rita by Willy Russell. Matchbox Theatre present Educating Rita by Willy Russell Celebrate Different Collective – Youth Arts Ambassadors.THE 40 TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION Running TimeĪpproximately 1 hour 30 minutes. Written by one of our greatest ever playwrights Willy Russell and starring one of our best loved actors Stephen Tompkinson as Frank and introducing Jessica Johnson as Rita. Summary Analysis In his office, Frank tells Rita that Julia was upset that Rita and Denny never came to the dinner party, since there were places set for them. This hilarious and heart-warming comedy won the Olivier award when it was produced in London's West End by the RSC and was adapted into the multi award winning film which starred Julie Walters and Michael Caine. Her tutor Frank is a frustrated poet, brilliant academic and dedicated drinker, who's less than enthusiastic about taking Rita on, but the two soon realise how much they have to teach each other. In Educating Rita, though it falls into the first category, there is no attempt tocreate aliteral oraccurate picture of reality: Willy Russell is presenting. When married hairdresser Rita enrols on a university course to expand her horizons, little does she realise where the journey will take her. Following the amazing success at the Minack Open Air Theatre, Cornwall, which was widely reported worldwide, Olivier and Tony Award-winning producer David Pugh is delighted to be bringing Willy Russell’s critically acclaimed comedy to MAST Mayflower Studios. ![]()
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