QUT | Gardens Theatre

Lisa Chappell, of McLeod's Daughters fame, stars in Educating Rita

The Australian Government is proud to be associated with this tour through the national performing arts touring association, Playing Australia, which gives Australians across the country the opportunity to see some of our best performing arts.

'Simply a marvellous play, painfully funny and passionately serious' Sunday Times

'The perfect play' New York Times

Dates: Friday 7 September, 8pm | Saturday 8 September, 2pm, 8pm

Tickets: Adult $34 | Concession $28 | Student $22 | 24 and under $20

Starring:
Logie winner and McLeod's Daughters favourite, Lisa Chappell as Rita
All Saints' David Downer as Frank

Frank is a cynical college professor, stuck in a haze of self-loathing and stale whiskey. Rita is a brash, naïve hairdresser from Liverpool.

Two very different worlds collide when Rita, in a desperate bid to escape her predictable and thankless future, signs up for an English Literature course taught by Frank. The rude and unprofessional Frank is quickly softened by Rita's enthusiasm and finds himself questioning the archaic academic circle he's enjoyed for so long.

Rita's fresh, intuitive approach becomes clouded and stifled as she grapples with the problem of a formal education, while Frank also learns something - to believe in himself again.

An innately charming comedy about happiness versus success.

Directed by Jennifer Hagan
Presented by Gardens Theatre, Christine Harris & HIT Productions

EDUCATING RITA by Willy Russell