Teighmouth Players

Directed by Jackie Wesley-Harkcom, Willy Russell’s intimate comedy with big ideas and an even bigger heart, is a gem of British theatre, inspired by Russell’s own experiences of returning to education.

Brash, straight-talking hairdresser Rita is determined to change her life. She wants to know ‘everything’ and she thinks the Open University might just be the answer.

World-weary, alcohol-fuelled lecturer Frank is a failed poet, a self-acknowledged ‘appalling teacher of appalling students’. In fact, he’s just about given up.

In need of extra cash, he agrees to tutor Rita, totally unaware of the whirlwind that’s about to enter his world…

Touching, life-affirming and very, very funny, Educating Rita is a comic masterpiece from one of our best-loved writers.