released her book Head and Heart: Break-ups, breakdowns and being Rosie<\/a>, reflecting on her personal experiences and life in the spotlight.\n<\/p>\n\n Her latest role will see her return to the stage in a comedy based on Andrea Dunbar’s cult 1987 British film.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rita, Sue & Bob Too! follows two working-class schoolgirls who earn extra money babysitting for married couple Bob and Michelle.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, their lives become increasingly complicated when Bob begins an affair with both girls behind his wife’s back.\n<\/p>\n
\n When Michelle discovers his infidelity, she leaves him, setting off a chain of events that tests friendships and relationships.\n<\/p>\n
\n The stage adaptation combines the original story’s humour and gritty themes with music from the 1980s.\n<\/p>\n
\n The production previously toured Britain in spring 2025, receiving standing ovations and selling out at venues across the country.\n<\/p>\n
\n Director Chantelle Joseph said: “I’m thrilled to announce the wonderful Helen Flanagan is joining the cast of Rita, Sue and Bob Too! which is due to embark on its second nationwide tour next spring.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I know she will bring real energy and brilliant comic timing to the role of Michelle – the vivacious but long-suffering wife of Bob, who is played once again by Jake Quickenden.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Rita, Sue and Bob Too! was a huge success for us when we took it on tour in 2025, and I can promise audiences up and down the country are going to love Andrea Dunbar’s classic comedy just as much as we do.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The new tour will visit St Helens, Harrogate, Northampton, Lincoln, Billingham, Birmingham, Bradford, Southport, Malvern, Stockport and Liverpool.\n<\/p>\n
\n It will conclude at Liverpool Olympia on Sunday, July 4, 2027.\n<\/p>\n
\n Further casting announcements are expected ahead of the tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The actress, best known for playing Rosie Webster in the ITV soap, has joined the cast of Rita,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-810490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}