EDUCATING RITA 

by Willy Russell  
19th to 21st September 2024

Broadbent Theatre, Wickenby

 

We will be returning to the Broadbent Theatre in September with Educating Rita, a moving comedy drama about a 29-year-old hairdresser on an educational journey of self-discovery.

 

Her university tutor is middle-aged, cynical Frank, whose disillusioned outlook on life drives him to seek refuge in the bottles of whisky he hides on his bookshelves. But Rita is hungry to “know everything”, and despite Frank’s misgivings she embarks on an Open University course to begin her education. After weeks of cajoling, Rita slowly wins Frank over with her innate insights and her refusal to take no for an answer. Their relationship as teacher and student blossoms, ultimately giving Frank a new sense of self and Rita the knowledge she so craves.

 

Willy Russell’s stage play became a hit film in 1983 starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. 

 

BOOK TICKETS
 

THE FATHER  

by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton   

10th to 12th April 2025 

Broadbent Theatre, Wickenby 

 

In the pipeline for 2025 and beyond:

 

The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter  

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare 

Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas

Still Life & Come into the Garden, Maud by Noël Coward

Confusions by Alan Ayckbourn
The Killing of Sister George by Frank Marcus