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This production began performances on 5th August and closed on 29th October 2011.

A piece of theatrical history. Genius.

Daily Mail

It's Thatcher's England and hard-nosed businesswoman Marlene is hosting a dinner party to celebrate her promotion to MD of the Top Girls Employment Agency. Her guests - all powerful women from myth and history - create an extraordinary gathering.


A provocative study of powerful women in Thatcher's Britain, the play examines the compromises made by women in the quest for success, and what happens to those left behind.

A modern classic. Witty, deeply felt and theatrically daring.

Daily Telegraph

Following a sell-out season in Chichester, Max Stafford-Clark's critically acclaimed production of Caryl Churchill's masterpiece, Top Girls transfers to the Trafalgar Studios for a strictly limited season from 5 August.


This smash hit production see Max Stafford-Clark and Caryl Churchill reunited, having originally worked together on the premiere of Top Girls in 1982 at the Royal Court Theatre. A seminal play in an outstanding and powerful production, not to be missed.



Sonia Friedman Productions, Robert G. Bartner and Norman Tulchin, Max Cooper, Scott M. Delman, Jacki Barla Florin/ Mark Zimmerman, Scott and Brian Zeilinger present an Out of Joint/ Chichester Festival Theatre Production, “TOP GIRLS”.

Directed with absolute mastery by Max Stafford-Clark. Outrageously funny. Wonderful.

The Independent

CAST

STELLA GONET – Isabella Bird/Joyce/Mrs Kidd

SURANNE JONES – Marlene

CATHERINE MCCORMACK – Lady Nijo/Win

LUCY BRIERS – Pope Joan/Louise

LAURA ELPHINSTONE – Patient Griselda/Nell

LISA KERR – Waitress/Kit/Shona

OLIVIA POULET – Dull Gret/Jeanine/Angie

CREATIVES

CARYL CHURCHILL – Playwright

MAX STAFFORD-CLARK – Director

TIM SHORTALL – Designer

JASON TAYLOR – Lighting Designer

IAN DICKINSON – Sound Designer

FINN ROSS – Video Designer

GABRIELLE DAWES CDG – Casting Director

TIM HOARE – Assistant Director

CAROLINE WATERMAN – Costume Supervisor

JEMMA GARDNER – Props Supervisor

CHARMAIN HOARE – Dialect Coach

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