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Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial

  • 14/10/2025
  • 18/10/2025
  • 6 sessions
  • 14/10/2025, 19:45 22:00 (BST)
  • 15/10/2025, 19:45 22:00 (BST)
  • 16/10/2025, 19:45 22:00 (BST)
  • 17/10/2025, 19:45 22:00 (BST)
  • 18/10/2025, 15:00 17:30 (BST)
  • 18/10/2025, 19:45 22:00 (BST)
  • Putney Arts Theatre

Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial 

by Liv Hennessy.  Directed by Owen Thomas James

Tuesday 14 - Saturday 18 October 19:45 with afternoon matinee at 15:00 on Saturday 18 October.

Putney Arts Theatre - Main Stage

About the play:

Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial is a gripping, hilarious, and sharply observed courtroom drama that brings one of the most talked-about celebrity scandals of the decade to the stage. In 2019, Coleen Rooney set social media alight when she revealed she had carried out a months-long sting operation to discover who had been leaking stories about her private life to the press. Her dramatic accusation ended with a now-famous line: “It’s… Rebekah Vardy’s account.” The internet exploded, and the spat became known as the“Wagatha Christie” case. Rebekah Vardy, wife of footballer Jamie Vardy, denied the accusation and sued Rooney for defamation in a sensational High Court libel trial in 2022.

What followed was a jaw-dropping legal showdown filled with missing phones, celebrity name-drops, and unexpected comic moments — all played out under intense media scrutiny. Using real court transcripts, Liv Hennessy’s verbatim play recreates this extraordinary legal spectacle with biting humour and theatrical flair. At once a compelling legal drama and a razor-sharp satire on fame, privacy, and the cult of social media, Vardy v Rooney explores the surreal collision of tabloid culture and the justice system. Fast-paced, funny, and often absurd, this play invites audiences to examine who we trust, what we share, and how far people will go to protect their image — or destroy someone else’s.

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This amateur production of “Vardy V Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

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