Frank Bryant is a professor of literature and Rita is his newest student.
He’s a failed writer who has given up on his life. She’s determined to change hers by getting an education.
Rita embarks on a course of evening classes with Frank as her English tutor. His disillusioned outlook on life has driven him to the bottle.
The effects are both amusing and dramatic as her 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.
Nicole Rutty and Dave Simms star in Willy Russell's comedy about love, learning and finding a better song to sing.