Audition date: Thursday 27 July, 7:30pm

She sees her escape route as education and enrols in an Open University course on English Literature, despite the fact that her previous reading has been limited to Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle and the poetry of Roger McGough. There she meets Frank, her tutor, a failed poet, who is himself trapped in an academic world in which he is tired and disillusioned. Only alcohol helps and his main reason for taking on the Open University work to fund this growing habit.

Unlike the film the play is a two-hander focussing solely on Rita and Frank. Over the course of a year, we see their relationship develop and the changes each of them goes through. It offers a marvellous opportunity for two people to show off their acting skills and I will need strong actors who are able to take on these fantastic and very demanding roles.

If anybody would like to read through the audition pieces, please get in contact with me either at alanvcarter1@hotmail.com or on 07960 945688.

Characters

Rita - Working class, attractive, not formally educated but nobody’s fool and very perceptive. The ability to be able to put on a Liverpool accent is essential but don’t be put off, there will be a lot of help available for this.

Frank - Intellectual but disillusioned. Heavy drinker but often well disguised. But there is a sadness there too