“As long as you’re alive that’s all that matters”
Best friends Rita and Sue get a lift home from married Bob after babysitting his kids. When he takes the scenic route and offers them a bit of fun, the three start a fling each of them think they control.
Andrea Dunbar’s semi-autobiographical play, written for the Royal Court Theatre in 1982 when she was just 19, is a vivid portrait of girls caught between brutal childhood and an unpromising future, both hungry for adult adventure.
Told with startling insight and wicked humour, Rita Sue and Bob Too was adapted into a cult 80s film. The play’s original director Max Stafford-Clark directs this major new production.
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£28.50 - £13 (concessions available)
Contains nudity, strong language and scenes of an adult nature
Thu 7 September
Sat 23 September
Scout Road, Bolton. Photographer Jonathan Keenan












Dunbar's writing is never judgmental - she simply wrote what she knew.
Creative Team
Max Stafford-Clark & Kate Wasserberg
DirectorsTim Shortall
Set & Costume DesignerJason Taylor
Lighting DesignerEmma Laxton
Sound DesignerAmy Ball
Casting DirectorAlison de Burgh
Fight DirectorMartin Derbyshire
ProducerDan Watson
Movement DirectorTitas Halder
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TOURING SEPTEMBER 2017 – FEBRUARY 2018
Harrogate Theatre
26-30 September. Tickets
Bristol Old Vic
3-7 October. Tickets
Liverpool Playhouse
10-14 October. Tickets
Warwick Arts Centre
17-21 October. Tickets
Oxford Playhouse
24-28 October. Tickets
Royal & Derngate, Northampton
31 October – 4 November. Tickets
Cast, Doncaster
7-11 November. Tickets
York Theatre Royal
14-18 November. Tickets
Derby Theatre
21-25 November. Tickets
Royal Court, London
9-27 January 2018. Tickets
Post show Q&A Tue 23 Jan
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
31 Jan – 3 Feb. Tickets.
Theatr Clwyd, Mold
6-10 Feb


