19/01/2026
Since it opened in 1980, Educating Rita has won awards and has remained a widely studied text that is constantly in production throughout the world.
W***y Russell’s classic is a two-person play set entirely within the office of the university lecturer, Frank. It follows the journey of a twenty-nine-year-old hairdresser, Rita, as she returns to education via the Open University with the help of a given-up, reluctant, alcoholic Frank. The play shows their two very different worlds collide and combine.
YPI+ production directed by Pete Davis, has Sharon Sully playing the eccentric, Liverpudlian Rita and Stuart Lawson as the well-read, lecturer Frank.
Make sure you book your tickets to see this classic in March!
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