Details

Originally produced as part of the Theatre Machine's New Writing Workshops, 1997. It's 1975; the Sunday night shift in a Yorkshire bread factory. Seven men come together to bake enough bread to feed the entire population of Hull. It's just another Sunday. Nellie's so worn down from a lifetime of bread making he loses his vest in the dough; the First Over Man's on a promise; the oven's are cranked up and the wholemeal is pleasingly large going in . But there's a spanner in the works which threatens bread production in Hull for good and life as they know it for the men on the shift.

Cast/Performers

Matthew Kelly, Simon Greenall

Creatives/Company

Author: Richard Bean
Company: Snapdragon Productions
Director: Eleanor Rhode

Toast

Toast (Play) production archive for QTIX code T1168576588. Details of all Toast archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S5609

Archive Listings

28 Mar 16 to 2 Apr 16	Arts Theatre Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Performance Details => Venue archive
21 Mar 16 to 26 Mar 16	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford, Surrey Performance Details => Venue archive
14 Mar 16 to 19 Mar 16	Connaught Theatre Worthing, West Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive
7 Mar 16 to 12 Mar 16	Theatre Royal Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive
29 Feb 16 to 5 Mar 16	Theatre Royal Norwich, Norfolk Performance Details => Venue archive
22 Feb 16 to 27 Feb 16	Malvern Theatres Malvern, Worcestershire Performance Details => Venue archive
16 Feb 16 to 20 Feb 16	Oxford Playhouse Oxford, Oxfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive
4 Feb 16 to 13 Feb 16	Rose Theatre Kingston Kingston, Surrey Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

May Day: 13Mar16:
You are absolutely right.it was crap.

Malvern critic: 28Feb16:
Toast is the worst production I have ever seen. At the interval we walked out, so did many others. I cannot award any stars but this page does not allow for that, hence 1. My comments were removed from the Toast Facebook page and it's impossible to find reviews other than from newspaper critics.

User Reviews

May Day (13Mar16): You are absolutely right.it was crap.

Malvern critic (28Feb16): Toast is the worst production I have ever seen. At the interval we walked out, so did many others. I cannot award any stars but this page does not allow for that, hence 1. My comments were removed from the Toast Facebook page and it's impossible to find reviews other than from newspaper critics.

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