Top Girls

Fri 3 Mar to Sat 25 Mar 2023

EVERYMAN

£11 - £41

★★★★
“Brilliantly incisive”
The Stage

★★★★
“Suba Das brings stylish panache to the latest incarnation of the 1982 play”
The Telegraph

Selected as one of The Stage's must-see shows to see across the UK in 2023 and What's on Stage Critic's pick: Top shows to see in 2023.

Marlene is at the top of her game. As the new Managing Director of Top Girls Employment Agency in the glitz and glamour of 1980s London, she hosts an extraordinary dinner party to celebrate her achievements. But what is the true cost of success for a woman of colour making it in a man's world?
 
Returning home to L8, a showdown with sister Joyce lays bare some hidden truths. As the sisters struggle to reconcile their differing realities, what does it mean for the next generation?
 
Set in a divisive decade of strikes and uprisings; as well as music and fashion that transformed Britain, Top Girls is now reimagined for Liverpool with a cast including Tala Gouveia (McDonald & Dodds) and Alicya Eyo (Bad Girls) as the sisters.
 
Fantastical and fiercely funny, Top Girls is acclaimed as one of British theatre’s crowning glories. As Caryl Churchill’s ground-breaking play turns 40, it is now more urgent and necessary than ever.

We are hosting a range of events, talks and discussions to explore the themes from the play. Click here to find out more about these events.

Cast

Nadia Anim - Lady Nijo / Kit

Nadia Anim

Lady Nijo / Kit

Saffron Dey - Angie

Saffron Dey

Angie

Alicya Eyo  - Joyce

Alicya Eyo

Joyce

Sky Frances - Dull Gret / Shona / Jeanine

Sky Frances

Dull Gret / Shona / Jeanine

Tala Gouveia - Marlene

Tala Gouveia

Marlene

Ailsa Joy - Griselda / Nell

Ailsa Joy

Griselda / Nell

Lauren Lane - Pope Joan / Win

Lauren Lane

Pope Joan / Win

Natalie Thomas - Isabella Bird / Mrs Kidd / Louise

Natalie Thomas

Isabella Bird / Mrs Kidd / Louise

Company

Writer Caryl Churchill

Director Suba Das

Set & Costume Designer Ellie Light

Lighting Designer Katharine Williams

Sound Designer & Composer Nicola T. Chang

Movement Director Lucy Cullingford

Associate Movement Director Beth Coleman

Voice and Dialect Coach Mary Howland

Costume Supervisor Jacquie Davies

Liverpool Black History Consultant Janaya Pickett

Assistant Director (Birkbeck Placement) Millie Foy

Casting Directors Jenkins McShane CDG

Top Girls // Reviews

★★★★ “Brilliantly incisive”
The Stage

★★★★ “Packs a punch”
The Telegraph

★★★★ “Caryl Churchill’s play still resonates forty years on”
Wirral Globe

★★★★ “Sleek, witty and unapologetic”
Opening Nights

“A memorable, timelessly pertinent evening” 
The Times

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