Tuesday, 3rd December 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Blood Brothers is out on the road again, and the latest cast bring Willy Russell’s wonderful, multi award-winning story to life with great energy, wit and heart. Directed by Bob Tomson and Bill Kenwright, the show follows the story of the Johnstone twins. Separated at birth... Continue Reading →
Review: Educating Rita (Touring)
Tuesday 31st August 2021 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Having originally taken to the stage in 1980, this fabulous Willy Russell comedy maintains its charm forty years on thanks to the winning pairing of Stephen Tompkinson and Jessica Johnson. Rita (Johnson) is a working class woman feeling boxed in by expectations of who she should... Continue Reading →
Interview: Stephen Tompkinson & Jessica Johnson Talk “Educating Rita”
A chance meeting and a mutual love of “Educating Rita” was the spark for the major new production of the acclaimed Willy Russell play “Educating Rita”. Jessica Johnson will play Susan "Rita" White, the Liverpudlian hairdresser aiming for a better life at the Open University, opposite Stephen Tompkinson as her frustrated professor Frank Bryant. And... Continue Reading →