Lucy May Barker as Rebekah Vardy, left, and Laura Dos Santos as Coleen Rooney in Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial
(Picture: ©Tristram Kenton)Well, the team played a blinder. Writer Liv Hennessy and director Lisa Spirling bring the irresistible courtroom drama of the Vardy v Rooney libel trial to hilarious, gripping life using only edited transcripts and a bit of sportscaster commentary.
This style of documentary theatre has previously focused on atrocities, from the Nuremberg Trials to the Grenfell Tower enquiry. But it proves just as good a vehicle for exploring a contemporary media circus.
