Casting and further dates announced for VARDY V ROONEY - THE WAGATHA CHRISTIE TRIAL
Due to popular demand, a further six performances have been confirmed for Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial, with casting also announced today.
The first performance on 15 November is now sold-out but theatre audiences will be able to watch the trial that gripped the nation in the West End on the following additional dates: 22 November, 29 November, 6 December, 13 December, 20 December and 10 January, all at the Wyndham’s Theatre.
Lucy May Barker (Mamma Mia!, West End) will play Rebekah Vardy and Laura Dos Santos (Yes So I Said Yes, Finborough Theatre) will play Coleen Rooney. They will be joined by Jonathan Broadbent (My Night with Reg, Donmar/West End) as Hugh Tomlinson QC, and Nathan McMullen (Misfits, E4) and Sharan Phull (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, UK Tour) who will both be playing multiple roles including Wayne Rooney, Jamie Vardy and Harpreet Robertson. Further casting is to be announced.
Adapted from seven days of the High Court transcript by Liv Hennessy (finalist in the Paines Plough’s Women’s Prize for Playwriting) and directed by Lisa Spirling (Artistic Director of Theatre503), Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial will bring the dramatic legal action to life.
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.
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.
Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial is designed by Polly Sullivan, with lighting by Ben Bull, and sound by Richard Hammarton.
Tickets are on sale now for the additional performances here.
