Rita, Sue and Bob Too (Bradford 1982). A State Affair (Today's stories Yorkshire, 2000). Sharp, funny and disarmingly direct, Andrea Dunbar's semi-autobiographical Rita, Sue and Bob Too follows the lives of two feisty schoolgirls who grow up on a Bradford estate and start an affair with a married man. A comic classic Rita, Sue and Bob Too caught the mood of the early Thatcher years and became widely recognised as a marker of its time. Eighteen years later, life on Britain's council estates is back in the spotlight as reports of a hidden underclass begin to emerge. In the summer of 2000, Max Stafford-Clark and Out of Joint's actors journeyed back to the estates around Bradford and Leeds where Andrea Dunbar grew up. A State Affair is a record of what they found - has life there changed since the 1980's, or for that matter the 1880's? This production contains scenes and language which may offend some people.T1223450062Company Out of Joint. Company Everyman and Playhouse. Company Soho Theatre Company. Director Max Stafford-Clark. Design Es Devlin. Lighting Johanna Town. Sound Frank Bradley. Performer Emily Aston. Performer Ian Redford. Performer Emma Rydal. Performer Matthew Wait. Performer Gary Whitaker. Performer Jane Wood. Performer Paul Jesson. Performer Ian Redford. Performer Lise Stevenson. | |
| 5 Feb 02 to 9 Feb 02 | Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V568 listing details L1138474204 |
| 14 Jan 02 to 2 Feb 02 | Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse), Leeds :: V977 listing details L165679564 |
| 28 Nov 01 to 12 Jan 02 | Soho Theatre, Inner London :: V1035 listing details L01202041055 |
| 6 Feb 01 to 10 Feb 01 | Arts Theatre, Cambridge :: V19 listing details L01560702503 |
| 1 Feb 01 to 3 Feb 01 | Blackpool Grand Theatre, Blackpool :: V518 listing details L1826273825 |
| 29 Jan 01 to 30 Jan 01 | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford :: V965 listing details L1346686839 |
| 23 Jan 01 to 27 Jan 01 | Home Theatre, Manchester :: V1858052535 listing details L0161371608 |
| 16 Jan 01 to 20 Jan 01 | Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry :: V156 listing details L02036314480 |
T1719035582Company Out of Joint. Company Everyman and Playhouse. Company Soho Theatre Company. Director Max Stafford-Clark. | |
| 5 Dec 00 to 13 Jan 01 | Soho Theatre, Inner London :: V1035 listing details L0483954530 |
| 28 Nov 00 to 2 Dec 00 | Theatre Royal Plymouth, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L452814832 |
| 7 Nov 00 to 11 Nov 00 | Oxford Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L0495407768 |
T0659471338Company Out of Joint (in a co-production with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and Soho Theatre Company). Director Max Stafford-Clark. Design Es Devlin. Lighting Johanna Town. Performer Emily Aston. Performer Ian Redford. Performer Sally Rogers. Performer Emma Rydal. Performer Matthew Wait. Performer Gary Whitaker. Performer Jane Wood. | |
| 14 Nov 00 to 18 Nov 00 | Mercury Theatre, Colchester :: V37 listing details L767903144 |
| 19 Oct 00 to 4 Nov 00 | Everyman & Playhouse, Liverpool :: V535 listing details L01640699502 |
