Don't let the tuck boxes and the tartan kilts fool you....
Coming to London’s King’s Head Theatre in 2025, Posh Girls exposes the secret side of Britain’s elite private schools, behind the clichéd tuck boxes, tartan kilts and jovial escapades. Looking at the messy experiences of navigating platonic and romantic relationships during adolescence, Posh Girls highlights how these formative experiences can be exacerbated in the isolating environment of boarding school.
Posh Girls follows ex-best friends Hermione Winter and Alexandra Thornton-Pugh meeting unexpectedly for the first time in twelve years in the waiting room of their therapist’s office. Once inseparable, soul sisters, the Rachel and Monica of St Jonathan's School for the "rich and untalented" they had no fear. But what is friendship without its infamous breakup? And when is too far simply, too far? Now 30 years old and forced to confront their past, can these two put aside their differences and behave like adults... for once?
Exploring the themes of teenage competitiveness, peer pressure and growing up in a time prior to discussions around consent, Posh Girls is infused with humour and light-hearted comedy.
Posh Girls marks the first professional theatre performance for co-writer Sophie Robertson (Derry Girls, Channel 4; The Irregulars, Netflix) who has joined forces with Harriet Chomley (The Lion’s Den, Camden Fringe), and is the directorial theatre debut for Steve Waddington (Vincent & Agostina, White).
Listings
Posh Girls: Tuesday 28th January – Sunday 2nd February 2025
King’s Head Theatre, 116 Upper Street, London, N1 1QN
Tickets: £10 - £25 - Posh Girls | What's On | King's Head Theatre
Running time 70 minutes
Further Information: Posh Girls | What's On | King's Head Theatre