THE smash hit stage version of cult classic comedy Rita, Sue & Bob Too! is set to embark on a new 10-week nationwide tour, with dates in Liverpool, St Helens, Southport and Wirral
TV’s Jake Quickenden heads the cast as Bob in the Regal Entertainments production which will visit 10 venues across the UK between Tuesday 4 February and Saturday 12 April 2025.
The tour opens at St Helens Theatre Royal on Tuesday 4 February and then travels to Hunstanton, Stockport, New Brighton, Birmingham, Southport, Billingham, Rhyl and Barnstaple before ending at the Liverpool Olympia from 9-12 April.
More than 10,000 tickets have already been sold across the tour proving its continued popularity.
Andrea Dunbar’s hilarious and gritty tale of love, lust and tested friendships is based on the 1987 British film which is an account of her own personal life growing up on a council estate in Bradford, the play features a brilliantly funny script along with all the best 80s music, taking audiences on a riotous trip down memory lane through this cult classic.
Rita and Sue are two working class girls from a run-down council estate who are about to finish their final year at school. In their spare time, they earn money babysitting for married couple Bob and Michelle.
Behind Michelle’s back, Bob embarks on an affair with both Rita and Sue, who take it in turns with him in his car in the countryside. Michelle eventually finds out and leaves lothario Bob. When Bob later develops a preference for Rita, the two girls fall out but when Sue ends up in an abusive relationship, the trio are reunited.
Singer, actor and TV personality Jake Quickenden rose to prominence as a contestant on ITV’s The X Factor. Following his departure from the show in 2014 he was signed up to appear on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here where he finished as runner-up. In 2019 he joined the cast of Hollyoaks as Woody.
Jake will be joined by Hollyoaks’ Jessica Ellis as Michelle, Shameless and Coronation Street’s Warren Donnelly as Dad, Britain’s Got Talent’s Siobhan Phillips as Mum, Kay Nicholson as Rita and Jenna Sian O’Hara as Sue.
Rita, Sue & Bob Too! is brought to the stage by Regal Entertainments Ltd, written by Andrea Dunbar and directed by Chantelle Nolan.
For more details on Rita, Sue and Bob Too! visit the tour website on www.rsbtuktour.com
Show listings (Merseyside dates only)
St Helens Theatre Royal – Tuesday 4 – Sunday 9 February 2025
Floral Pavilion, New Brighton – Wednesday 26 – Sunday 2 March 2025
The Atkinson, Southport – Wednesday 12 – Saturday 15 March 2025
Liverpool Olympia – Wednesday 9 – Saturday 12 April 2025
