After smash-hit, 5★ sell-out runs at Edinburgh, Soho Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Liverpool Everyman and Adelaide Fringe, Eat The Rich transfers to our main house this June.
A hilarious, politically sharp story of a working-class Scouser navigating Cambridge University, hiding her cleaning job, and exposing privilege with wit and charm.
Inspired by Franks’s own time as a working-class student at Cambridge, the show follows Jade, a Scouse fresher juggling secret cleaning shifts with the culture shock of Oxbridge privilege. With razor-sharp wit and a dozen unforgettable characters, Eat the Rich exposes the absurdities of class, money and belonging in Britain today.
Listed in The New York Times among the ‘Buzziest Acts of the Fringe’ and in The Telegraph’s Top Plays to See, Eat the Rich has cemented Jade Franks as one of the UK’s most exciting new voices.
Scotsman Fringe First Award 2025 Winner
The Holden Street Theatres Award 2025 Winner
The Filipa Bragança Award 2025 Winner
Writer Jade Franks
Director Tatenda Shamiso
Producer Jasmyn Fisher-Ryner / JFR Productions
Set & Costume Design Claudia Casino
Lighting Design Zoe Beeny
Composer & Sound Design Roly Botha
Movement Director Sean Ting-Hsuan Wang
Dramaturg Ellie Fulcher
Carpentry Steve Evans & Maddy Collins
Stage Manager Lauren Lambert Moore