'VARDY V ROONEY' WILL MOVE TO THE AMBASSADORS THEATRE FROM 6 APRIL

Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Eilene Davidson Productions present

Vardy v Rooney:
The Wagatha Christie Trial

BACK OF THE NET! VARDY V ROONEY: THE WAGATHA CHRISTIE TRIAL WILL MOVE TO THE AMBASSADORS THEATRE IN THE WEST END FOR A STRICTLY LIMITED RUN FROM 6 APRIL 2023 – 20 MAY 2023
TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT FOR THE FINAL 4 PERFORMANCES OF THE VERBATIM PLAY AT THE WYNDHAM’S THEATRE

Photo credit: Tristram Kenton. L-R: Jonathan Broadbent (Hugh Tomlinson QC), Lucy May Barker (Rebekah Vardy), Laura Dos Santos (Coleen Rooney), Tom Turner (David Sherborne)

Due to popular demand, Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial will play for a strictly limited run at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End, opening on 6 April – 20 May 2023. The final 4 remaining performances at the Wyndham’s Theatre on 6th, 13th and 20th Dec 2022 and 10th January 2023 are now sold-out.

Laura Dos Santos (Coleen Rooney) in Vardy V Rooney, The Wagatha Christie Trial ©Tristram Kenton

Charlotte Randle (Mrs Justice Steyn), Jonathan Broadbent (Hugh Tomlinson QC), and Laura Dos Santos (Coleen Rooney) in Vardy V Rooney, The Wagatha Christie Trial ©Tristram Kenton

The verbatim production opened on 15 November and has played to packed houses and standing ovations ever since. The trial that gripped the nation has been adapted from seven days of High Court transcripts by Liv Hennessy (finalist in the Paines Plough’s Women’s Prize for Playwriting) and directed by Lisa Spirling (Artistic Director of Theatre503).

Tickets will go on sale on at midday on Tuesday 6th December from www.wagathaplay.com / Box Office 0844 871 7615.

Charlotte Randle (Mrs Justice Steyn), Tom Turner (David Sherborne) and Lucy May Barker (Rebekah Vardy) in Vardy V Rooney, The Wagatha Christie Trial ©Tristram Kenton

Lucy May Barker (Rebekah Vardy) and Laura Dos Santos (Coleen Rooney) in Vardy V Rooney, The Wagatha Christie Trial©Tristram Kenton

From sting operations to sensational headlines, this verbatim production will reveal what went on behind closed doors in the case that turned social media sleuthing into high drama. Audiences will see first-hand, and in the words of Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney, how the extraordinary week in court played out.

Jonathan Broadbent (Hugh Tomlinson QC), Lucy May Barker (Rebekah Vardy), Laura Dos Santos (Coleen Rooney) and Tom Turner (David Sherborne) in Vardy V Rooney, The Wagatha Christie Trial ©Tristram Kenton

Vardy v Rooney is a story stranger than fiction, with lurid one-liners and revelations blurring the boundaries of tabloid and court case, social media and soap opera. This unique moment in British media history captivated the country but while public debate raged, only a handful of people witnessed what happened in the trial. Now audiences can watch the intrigue and intricacies of the case live on stage in the West End.

Lucy May Barker (Rebekah Vardy) in Vardy V Rooney, The Wagatha Christie Trial ©Tristram Kenton

Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial is adapted by Liv Hennessy, directed by Lisa Spirling and designed by Polly Sullivan, the lighting designer is Ben Bull, the composer and sound designer is Richard Hammarton and Lizzie Manwaring is assistant director.