Educating Rita reprised her radio and Menier Chocolate Factory performance as Rita, and Frank was played by renowned actor Tim Pigott-Smith. Like the Willy Russell season at the Menier Chocolate Factory, the production ran in repertory alongside "Shirley Valentine" starring Meera Syal. A UK tour played in 2012, starring Claire Sweeney and Matthew Kelly as Rita and Frank respectively. A 35th anniversary production was staged at Liverpool Playhouse from 6 February to 7 March 2015, starring Leanne Best as Rita and Con O'Neill as Frank, directed by Gemma Bodinetz. The same year the Chichester Festival staged a production with Lenny Henry and
Blood Brothers Machine Company aircraft for the US Air Force. In 1945, Blood Brothers started up what is now Allegan Federal Community Credit Union, originally monikered "Blood Brothers Federal Credit Union". Rockwell closed down the Allegan plant in 1991. James J. Green, "From Blood Brothers Machine Company to Rockwell International" (Allegan: Allegan Historical County Society, 1978). Blood Brothers Machine Company Blood Brothers Machine Company was a universal joint manufacturing firm with factories in Allegan and Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1914, the Blood Brothers purchased the Allegan Mirror Company and ventured into the racing car industry with the production of the unique chain drive Cornelian driven