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New Summer 2021 dates announced for Educating Rita April 20, 2021 Last updated: April 20, 2021 Olivier and Tony Award-winning producer David Pugh has announced a new Summer 2021 tour of his critically acclaimed production of Willy Russell’s EDUCATING RITA, starring Stephen Tompkinson and Jessica Johnson as Frank and Rita and directed by Max Roberts. The tour will open at the MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton on 20 July. Jessica Johnson as Rita and Stephen Tompkinson as Frank in Educating Rita. Photo by Nobby Clark. David Pugh said: “ Rita is the most extraordinary character – she wa...
© Nobby Clark Educating Rita from July. Directed by Max Roberts, the piece will open at the MAST Mayflower Studios in Southampton before visiting Royal and Derngate Northampton, Rose Theatre Kingston, Everyman Cheltenham, York Theatre Royal, Horsham Capitol and Newcastle Theatre Royal. Produced by David Pugh and originally seen at Theatre by the Lake, this production of Russell's 1980 piece has set and costume designs by Patrick Connellan, lighting design by Drummond Orr and sound design by David Flynn. It follows a married hairdresser Rita who returns to education and wants to train as a te...
OffWestEnd announces 47 finalists for its OFFIES AWARDS 2021 January 7, 2021 Last updated: March 17, 2021 12:24 am By Admin Exciting times for the OffWestEnd OFFIES who today announces the finalists for the 2020 OFFIES AWARDS. The Offies recognise and celebrate the excellence, innovation and ingenuity of independent, fringe and alternative theatres across London, helping to raise their profiles and rewarding the new talent that they nurture, which is essential for the future of the theatre industry. Though theatre has been devastated by the Covid pandemic in 2020, there were enough high-qual...
ASYLUM-SEEKERS at an ex-army camp in Pembrokeshire are being given undercooked rice and chicken with feathers still attached, campaigners have claimed. Local campaigners are demanding urgent changes to the “appalling” and “degrading” conditions at Penally camp where 250 asylum-seekers are being held. Reports of undercooked rice “swimming in water” and chicken served with feathers attached, are among the concerns raised. Stand Up to Racism West Wales said at the weekend that residents were forced to drink from bathroom taps as drinking water often ran out, toilets and showers...