From the moment Coleen Rooney dropped her Instagram post (“It’s … Rebekah Vardy’s account”) to the subsequent libel case which saw Vardy publicly hoist by her own petard, the “Wagatha Christie” trial was destined for at least one second life in dramatic form.
Here is the first, faithful iteration based on court transcripts and produced at speed for a West End audience. It seems like good timing in light of the World Cup though there is very little about football here – just a cameo court appearance from Wayne Rooney, played by Nathan McMullen, and a few (too many) sporting metaphors.
