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
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.
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.
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 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.
Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial
Based on the court transcript
Adapted by Liv Hennessy
Directed by Lisa Spirling
Designed by Polly Sullivan
Lighting Designer is Ben Bull
Composer and Sound Designer is Richard Hammarton
Assistant Director is Lizzie Manwaring
6 April – 20 May 2023
Ambassadors Theatre
Monday – Saturday 7:30pm
Thursday & Saturday 2:30pm
West St
London
WC2H 9ND
0844 871 7615
7.30pm on 6th, 13th and 20th Dec and 10th January
Wyndham’s Theatre
A Delfont Mackintosh Theatre
Charing Cross Road
London
WC2H 0DA
BIOGRAPHIES
CREATIVE TEAM
LIV HENNESSY
Liv Hennessy is a writer for screen and theatre. In 2020, Liv was a finalist in the Paines
Plough’s Women’s Prize for Playwriting with the play Colostrum. Liv has previously
worked as a Story Producer on ITV’s Emmerdale, and has various projects in
development for screen and theatre.
LISA SPIRLING
Lisa Spirling is the Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Theatre503 and Creative
Associate for Eleanor Lloyd Productions. Previously she was the coordinator of the JMK
Trust Regional Director’s Program and a founder of Buckle for Dust Theatre Company.
Productions include: Algorithms by Sadie Clark (Audible), Milk & Gall by Mathilde Dratwa,
Wolfie by Ross Willis, In Event of Moone Disaster by Andrew Thompson (Theatre503);
Jumpy by April De Angelis (Theatr Clwyd), Describe The Night by Rajiv Joseph, Ken by
Terry Johnson, Pine by Jacqui Honess-Martin, Deposit by Matt Hartley, Fault Lines by Ali
Taylor, I Know How I Feel About Eve by Colette Kane (Hampstead Theatre); Donkeys’
Years and Here by Michael Frayn (Rose Theatre); Hundreds & Thousands by Louise
Ramsden (Buckle For Dust / English Touring Theatre / Soho Theatre); Cotton Wool by Ali
Taylor (Buckle for Dust / Theatre503).
PRODUCERS
ELEANOR LLOYD PRODUCTIONS
Eleanor Lloyd is a commercial theatre producer. Her site-specific production of Witness
For The Prosecution has just celebrated its 5th birthday at a specially created theatre in
London’s County Hall. Forthcoming productions include the West End transfer of Best
of Enemies by James Graham and The Collaboration with Paul Bettany and Jeremy
Pope which played the Young Vic and will open at The Freidman Theater on Broadway
in December and is being made into a feature film. Recent productions include
Constellations with 4 different casts which played in rep at the Vaudeville Theatre,
winning two 2021 Olivier Awards and new play Emilia, which transferred from
Shakespeare’s Globe to the Vaudeville Theatre and won three 2020 Olivier Awards.
Other recent productions include West End transfers of Nell Gwynn, My Night with Reg
and Handbagged, West End and Broadway seasons of 1984 by Duncan Macmillan and
Rob Icke and UK tours of Dusty, a new musical about Dusty Springfield by Jonathan
Harvey and Shakespeare in Love.
Eleanor is the President of the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and sits on the Boards
of Stage One and Theatre 503.
www.elproductions.co.uk
EILENE DAVIDSON PRODUCTIONS
Eilene is an independent theatre producer who works in the UK, US, Australia and
Europe. She is currently co-producing Joyce’s Woman by Edna O’Brien at Dublin’s
Abbey Theatre and co-producing the Broadway transfers of Leopoldstadt, Death of a
Salesman and Gabriel Byrne’s Walking with Ghosts. Her other recent productions in the
UK include Anything Goes at the Barbican, A Christmas Carol at Alexandra Palace
Theatre and West End productions of Uncle Vanya, Leopoldstadt, Betrayal, A Day in
the Death of Joe Egg, Admissions, 9 to 5, Starry Messenger, Emilia, Dusty, Consent and
The Grinning Man.
Recent international credits include Broadway productions of Betrayal and Plaza Suite,
the Australian tour of Jagged Little Pill and A Guide for the Homesick in Boston.
Eilene formerly worked as an actress, writer and dramaturg in Europe and USA. She is
in the President’s circle at BAFTA, is a member of the Society of London Theatre
(SOLT) and sits on the board of the Huntington Theatre in Boston, USA.
www.eilenedavidson.com
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