London Theatre Direct

A new play by David Eldridge, director Rufus Norris

4 stars

Guardian, The Times, Independent, Mail on Sunday

A breathtaking journey through the decade that gave us the Rubik Cube, shell suits, and The Iron Lady.

The fast, funny, mouthy world of Essex market traders is spectacularly brought to life against a backdrop of Wham!, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Spandau Ballet and a host of other 80s classics.

‘Bold, brash and fabulous like an Essex Cinderella. It’s the most fun I’ve had at the theatre in ages.’ - The Times

‘Funny, extremely smutty and captures the time, the place and the atmosphere with thrilling theatricality.’ - Mail on Sunday

‘Big, bawdy and vulgar, with filthy language and even filthier jokes. An ensemble production of dazzling flair and comic vitality.’ - Daily Telegraph

David Eldridge and Rufus Norris most recently collaborated on the award-winning West End production of Festen.

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39 Steps | A Walk On Part: The Fall Of New Labour | Abigail's Party | Afternoon Tea Cruise | Akram Khan - Desh | Ballet Revolucion | Billy Elliot | Blood Brothers | Cabaret | Celebrity Night At Cafe Red | Chariots of Fire | Chicago | Chicken | Classic Lunch Cruise | Democracy | Derren Brown: Svengali | Drag Divas | Dreamboats and Petticoats | Evening Dinner Cruise | GATZ | Ghost | Hay Fever | Horrible Histories | Jersey Boys | Julius Caesar | Jumpy | Les Miserables | Let It Be | Lion King | London Dungeon | London Eye | Long Day’s Journey Into Night | Madame Tussauds | Mamma Mia! | Mamma Mia! | Matilda The Musical | Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words | Mercury Fur | Mousetrap | Much Ado About Nothing | Naked Boys Singing | Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer LIVE! | Noises Off | One Man, Two Guvnors | Paul Merton Out Of My Head | Phantom of The Opera | Posh | Private Peaceful | Rambert Dance Company: Mixed Bill | Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete World Of Sports(Abridged) | Richard III | Rock Of Ages | Room On The Broom | San Francisco Ballet: Programme A | San Francisco Ballet: Programme B | San Franciso Ballet: Programme C | Shrek The Musical | Singin' In The Rain | Snowman, The | South Downs/The Browning Version | Step 9 (of 12) | Stomp | Sweeney Todd | The Bodyguard | The Duchess of Malfi | The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe | The Mystery Of Edwin Drood | The Sunshine Boys | Thriller Live | Tiger Who Came to Tea | Top Hat | Torch Song Trilogy | Travelling Light | Twelfth Night | Wah! Wah! Girls | Walking With Dinosaurs | War Horse | We Will Rock You | What The Butler Saw | Wicked | Wizard of Oz | Woman In Black | Yes, Prime Minister | ZooNation: Some Like It Hip Hop

 

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