![]() ![]() She has always longed to travel, but dreary unseen husband Joe refuses to go abroad. The volume has suddenly been turned up on a previously quiet lifetime of regrets and under-achievement and she aches for an existence that is less “little”, less “unused”. Everyone can, after all, relate in some way to Shirley’s story, of feeling stuck in a middle-aged rut and taken for granted by her stolid husband and grown-up children. The Master Builder (Chichester Festival Theatre), Pride and Prejudice. It’s a mighty ask for one performer to power through more than a hundred minutes of solo speaking on a West End stage, but one of Smith’s many triumphs is the way she looks up and around to make every tier of the audience feel so included. Educating Rita (Perth Theatre), Fleeto/Wee Andy (Tumult In The Clouds). Smith, an ebullient performer who positively exudes warmth, has a ball with this one-woman play, greeting the audience with a lovely smile before she starts to speak and welcoming us effortlessly into her everywoman narrative. Such is the case with Matthew Dunster’s jaunty revival of Willy Russell’s 1986 modern classic, as Sheridan Smith was surely born to play chirpy yet downtrodden Liverpudlian wife and mother Shirley Valentine. T083779817 Company Threelance Theatre Company.It is a felicitous moment for theatregoers when we realise that we have come across the perfect pairing of performer and part. T0518302728 Producer Open University (in association with Day for Night Theatre).Įlectric Theatre, Guildford :: V01732805351 Theres a commanding performance by a vibrant Lashana Lynch in Willy Russells Educating Rita, which opened tonight at Chichesters Minerva Theatre. T0665366449 Producer University of Derby. The season opens with the transformation of the Festival Theatre stage into a river, complete with life-size boat, for its production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Way Upstream. The same year the Chichester Festival staged a production with Lenny Henry and Lashana Lynch. T1666693436 Producer David Babani (for The Menier Chocolate Factory Productions). Lenny Henry, a triple bill of Chekhov and a full flowing river are announced for Chichester’s Festival 2015 season announced today. His best known works are Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine. Menier Chocolate Factory, Outer London :: V341546307 T270920824 Producer Menier Chocolate Factory. For tickets and information see their website for details Capitol Horsham. T01762863475 Producer Eastbourne Theatres (in association with talking Scarlet). Educating Rita is at the Capitol Horsham from tonight until Saturday 11th September. T1479714847Newly updated by its author Company Library Theatre Company. Sound Jennifer Tallon-Cahill (sound associate). T1833435298Age Recommendation 11+ Producer Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. T01932414017 Producer Mercury Theatre Colchester. Educating Rita (Closed July 25, 2015) Chichester - Buy tickets and see show information. T01659455497 Producer The Mill at Sonning. It’s not often you see a well-known actor forget his lines on opening night. Minerva Theatre, Chichester :: V1310317653 T01348792535 Corporate Sponsor ITD Consultants. Performer Taj Atwal (Rita).īrindley Arts Centre, Runcorn :: V1448285374 Performer John Bennett.Ĭapstone Theatre, Liverpool :: V0538369222 T811890685 Producer Octagon Theatre Bolton. Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, Hornchurch :: V41 T1377229220 Producer Queen's Theatre Hornchurch. New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme :: V119 Performer Stephen Tompkinson (Frank).ĭarlington Hippodrome (formerly Civic Theatre), Darlington :: V562 T02056284783 Producer Theatre by the Lake. T1222279217 Producer Wimpole Productions. previously directed A Kind of People for the Royal Court, Moon On a Rainbow Shawl for the National Theatre, Educating Rita for the Chichester Festival. Kings Theatre Portsmouth, Southsea :: V780 MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton :: V0645856574īlackpool Grand Theatre, Blackpool :: V518ĭevonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne :: V665 Rose Theatre Kingston, Kingston :: V051452426 Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570Ĭapitol Horsham (formerly Horsham Arts Centre), Horsham :: V723 Archive listings for Educating RitaWork type: Play. ![]()
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