Home / What's On / Birmingham / Study Day - Mike Leigh, Abigail’s Party (1977) & Willy Russell, Educating Rita (1980)Study Day - Mike Leigh, Abigail’s Party (1977) & Willy Russell, Educating Rita (1980)The Birmingham & Midland Institute, BirminghamDateFriday 2 October 2026Starts10:15amEnds4pmTypeOtherWhere9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BSLast checked2 October 2026These plays have become undisputed classics and expose truths about social aspiration and prejudice. As testament to their continuing vitality both plays have recently been revived this year with Educating Rita mounted as a ‘Made at Curve’ production in Leicester.At Birmingham & Midland InstituteArts centre — 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BS.Birmingham & Midland Institute on FolkAirMore at Birmingham & Midland InstituteThe Alliance of Literary Societies Fair — 3 October 2026Dr John Hall-Edwards, Birmingham’s Pioneering radiologist — 5 October 2026‘No Friend Like a Sister’: Pre-Raphaelite Friends and Relations — 7 October 2026Around Birmingham & Midland InstituteGas Hall — Art gallery, 50mBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery — Museum, 70mBirmingham Museums Venue Hire — Museum, 80mListing from the original source. FolkAir links out rather than selling tickets for this event.