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
Valentine Vox the Rita Rudner Show, Live! with Regis and Kelly and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Valentine Vox became an American citizen in 2009. Valentine Vox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWodEwCePHU Dummies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4lF7PuG3UM&t=23s Exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sR1v4qoua8 History of Ventriloquism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01oAJO-I-4 Edgar Bergen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsH7NsfYEg*Theater and Television Valentine Vox Valentine Vox (born Jack Riley; February 20, 1939) is a British born American ventriloquist and author known for his scholarly book on the history of ventriloquism, "I Can See Your Lips Moving: the history and art of ventriloquism", which traces the practice back some three thousand years. As a ventriloquist Vox’s career spanned over 50 years appearing in