Based on the iconic ITV series, Footballers’ Wives: The Musical is a sassy new musical comedy of waggish excess, heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer. Rewinding to 2002, when Premier League football was the new rock ‘n’ roll, this high-energy extravaganza is packed with money, glamour, bad behaviour, and absolutely no football.
Set against a backdrop of bold noughties fashion, attempted murder, sexual impropriety, drama, heartbreak, comedy, singing, and dancing, the show follows the fall and rise of fabulously flawed team captain’s wife Tanya Turner. As she schemes to save her marriage and her cheating husband’s career, audiences are taken on a whirlwind journey through disastrous hen and stag nights, a fairy tale wedding, and some highly irregular nursing care.
With cracking music and lyrics by Kath Gotts (Bad Girls The Musical) and a book by Maureen Chadwick (creator of Footballers’ Wives, Bad Girls, Waterloo Road), this brazenly British musical is directed by Anthony Banks (The Girl on the Train, Steel Magnolias). The 80-minute Edinburgh edit promises a high-octane romp through the trials and tribulations of Tanya – a #metoo meets #mefirst anti-heroine.
Produced by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and based on the WBTVPUK series, Footballers’ Wives: The Musical is primed for kickoff and serious fun.
