Performance

Venue	Olivier (National Theatre)
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	31st August 2011
Opened	7th September 2011
To	9th November 2011
When	Sep 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, Oct 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 27, 28, 29, 31, Nov 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 at 19:30. Sep 27, Oct 8, 11, 29, Nov 5, 8 Mats 14:00. Oct 30, Nov 6 Mats 14:30
Prices	From £12.00. To £30.00.
Olivier (National Theatre) (V373)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 8 Nov 11 - T1765522844

The Kitchen

Work:: The Kitchen (S0692038026)

1950s London. In the kitchen of an enormous West End restaurant, the orders are piling up: a post-war feast of soup, fish, cutlets, omelettes and fruit flans. Thrown together by their work, chefs, waitresses and porters from across Europe - English, Irish, German, Jewish - argue and flirt as they race to keep up. Peter, a high-spirited young cook, seems to thrive on the pressure. In between preparing dishes, he manages to strike up an affair with married waitress Monique, the whole time dreaming of a better life. But in the all-consuming clamour of the kitchen, nothing is far from the brink of collapse.

Author

Arnold Wesker

Production:: (T1765522844)

Running time: 2hrs 30mins including interval.

Producer	National Theatre
Director	Bijan Sheibani
Design	Giles Cadle
Lighting	Mark Henderson
Costume	Moritz Junge
Sound	Dan Jones
Director	Aline David (movement)
Other	Jeremy Lee (Cookery Consultant)
Performer	Neal Barry
Performer	Tom Brooke (Peter)
Performer	Ian Burfield (Max)
Performer	Rebecca Davies (Betty)
Performer	Stavros Demetraki (Gaston)
Performer	Craige Els (Nicholas)
Performer	Ruth Gibson (Gwen)
Performer	Colin Haigh (Tramp)
Performer	Rendah Heywood (Hettie)
Performer	Tendayi Jembere (Magi)
Performer	Siobhan McSweeney (Anne)
Performer	Gerard Monaco (Raymondo)
Performer	Sarah Mowat (Winnie)
Performer	Bruce Myers (Marango)
Performer	Vincenzo Nicoli (Alfredo)
Performer	Luke Norris (Michael)
Performer	Jessica Regan (Cynthia)
Performer	Samuel Roukin (Paul)
Performer	Tim Samuels (Head Waiter)
Performer	Sam Swann (Dimitri)
Performer	Sarah Sweeney (Jackie)
Performer	Stephanie Thomas (Daphne)
Performer	Rosie Thomson (Violet)
Performer	Mike Aherne
Performer	Jake Ferretti
Performer	Rebecca Humphries
Performer	Rory Keenan
Performer	Tricia Kelly
Performer	Katie Lyons
Performer	Paul McCleary
Performer	Marek Oravec
Performer	Hambi Pappas

Listing:: L2109085671

Production details

Running time: 2hrs 30mins including interval. Sponsored by Travelex £12 Tickets

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Special Performances

7 Oct 11 Audio Described
8 Oct 11 Audio Described
6 Nov 11 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)

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