Dinnerladies

Synopsis

Comedy legend Victoria Wood brings her immensely popular BBC TV sitcom Dinnerladies to the stage for a world premiere tour. Blend in some of the funniest writing on television, whip in a play based on a storyline of the second series following the reluctant love story of Bren and Tony, egged on by Dolly, Jean, Twinkle and Anita. Then mix in caretaker Stan’s words of wisdom and coat with regular appearances by Philippa from Human Resources and Petula, Bren’s dreadful mother - and you have a recipe for madness, mirth and twelve rounds of toast!

Our Review:

Jane Blagden - 5 July 2010

Victoria Wood’s popular sitcom, Dinnerladies is brought to life on stage in the final leg of its UK tour. The gentle natured comedy, set in the canteen of a component factory, centres (as it did on the small screen) around the will-they-won’t-they love life of catering manager Tony (Andrew Dunn) and assistant Bren (Laura Sheppard) in the months leading up to Christmas. With a sprinkling of predictability to it, there are plenty of laughs as the story slowly unfolds.

The emphasis unfortunately is on the slow nature of the plot; it feels a long slog to the interval with classic jokes from the series stitched together with new bits and pieces. Get through that and the second act picks up the pace (and the laughs) to the end.

Dunn and Sue Devaney (Jane) from the original tv cast are joined by new faces to make up the familiar cast. Sheppard’s portrayal of Victoria Wood’s Bren is flawless and Tamsin Heatley has Julie Walters’ Petu...

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Latest User Review

rob g - 27 July 2010:

saw this last year and loved it it had shobna gullati in then who was really fab kept te laughs coming all the cast are great so close to the originals . when sue deveny joined genius bringing her in again jingle bells had us in stitches...

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