EAT THE RICH

Name: EAT THE RICH
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ISBN: 9781068233449

but maybe not me mates x

Jade Franks

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English

Wordville
06 November 2025

Plays & playscripts; Women's health

""If there's one thing worse than classism and the disparity of wealth in this country... it's FOMO.""

is a darkly funny, politically sharp solo show about class, survival and double standards in modern Britain.

Inspired by real events, it follows Jade, a working-class Scouser who gets into Cambridge and takes a cleaning job to get by, secretly scrubbing the toilets of the very people she studies alongside.

As she wrestles with code-switching, inherited shame and the exhausting mental gymnastics of trying to belong in an institution built to exclude people like her, the show lays bare the absurdities of Britain's class system and the cost of learning to navigate it.

At a time when arts funding is being slashed and working-class voices are pushed further to the margins, Eat the Rich refuses to flatten class struggle into easy binaries. Instead, it asks: what happens when you 'make it out' and is the cost always a quiet betrayal of where you came from?

CAST: 1 actor

DURATION: 60 minutes

This edition contains a Q&A with Jade Franks (writer) and Ellie Fulcher (dramaturg), along with questions to use for study and discussion.

By: Jade Franks
Imprint: Wordville
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
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Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781068233449
ISBN 10: 1068233443
Pages: 58
Publication Date: 06 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for EAT THE RICH (but maybe not me mates x)

“Meet the new Fleabag... the talk of the Edinburgh Fringe” The Times “As funny as it is politically stinging... a damning portrait of a dysfunctional social order” The Guardian “Fresh and exciting... Franks brings the monologue form back to life” Financial Times “A terrific debut... rarely has it been done with such excoriating wit” The Stage “An excellent script” The Scotsman “Jade Franks is one to watch... a force to be reckoned with” Entertainment Weekly “A thrilling debut... buzzy, hilarious and deeply moving” Binge Fringe “Funny? Disturbing? You bet!” The QR “This script has been beautifully crafted” Edinburgh Festivals Magazine “A stonking hit” Time Out “Laugh-out-loud but punch-in-the-gut ... the kind of talent you can't teach” LiverpoolWorld “Franks' funny and incisive performance should tour the nation” The Herald