Waitress - Adelphi Theatre / U.K. Tour / Cinema

Got decent Today Tix for this today for £25. Lucie Jones is sublime in this isn’t she? Kat was great but this was next level excellence. The show is still a bit ropey. Act One nice. Act Two gut punch. A bit sparse for a Saturday matinee but I suppose it is a bank holiday.

NB When we picked the tix up at 2pm the cast board was showing full cast, but when Olivia Moore & Charlotte Riby appeared as Dawn & Becky that clearly wasn’t the case. But we know how much they value their cast! 🤦‍♂️

It may have been about five to two, when we picked the tickets up but no earlier, and Laura & Marisha were both listed. As long as the u/s were credited later on is fine. They were both excellent so deserved recognising is all.

Managed to get Rush tickets for last night, great seats in row B of the stalls so no complaints from me there.

I think the best way I can sum the show up is nice, to me it would have worked better in a slightly more intimate setting than the Adelphi and I don’t think I would have enjoyed it as much paying normal Saturday evening prices.

Charlotte Riby was on as Becky and Olivia Moore was on as Dawn, both brilliant and their chemistry with the rest of the cast and Lucie was great! Talking of Lucie, she has an absolutely stunning voice and the way she controls it is just beautiful. For me she lacked a little bit of the heart of Jenna at times but her version of She Used to be Mine pulled that back around.

David Hunter and Blake Harrison know how to milk those roles for all there worth and both have the audience rooting for them the whole way, regardless of their quirks and goofiness. Blake for me is the perfect casting for Ogie and I heard numerous people at the interval shocked by his ability to sing as well.

Like I said at the start the show is good, I just didn’t find it great. One of the big issues I think for me was the way Earl is portrayed. He’s shown almost as a panto villain rather than a dealer of domestic abuse and control so Jenna’s plight doesn’t really have the impact it should.

I unfortunately won’t be rushing back to see this and for a Saturday night, there were quite a few sporadic, empty seats in the stalls which isn’t a great sign. For me it’s in the wrong theatre and is a little bit too fluffy for a show which deals with some adult issues but tries to hide it behind the words ‘musical comedy’.

I was also there tonight - no idea what the technical difficulty was as the show was only delayed by 10 mins and then ran completely smoothly!

I was mostly there to see Lucie (but partly also to see Blake) and she was sensational. I'm a fan of hers anyway but after tonight no-one can deny that she deserves her place as a leading lady of the West End. Her voice is gorgeous, both in soprano and belt, and her control and technique is exemplary. I connected with her Jenna much more then I did with KMP's portrayal (which was nonetheless excellent) and also thought she brought out more of the comedy while still delivering the emotional heft. Great to see Laura back, and Marisha's diction was much improved compared to my previous visit, which was my only qualm with her back then. Blake was very good too - perhaps not quite as natural with the comedy as Jack MacBrayer, but leagues ahead vocally.

As long as Lucie is in that role I suspect I won't need much of an excuse to return.

Nicole Dennis is also leaving the show.

Well thank god Marisha and David aren’t leaving, the fake rumours on twitter were starting to worry me! Sad to see Nicole go because she was off both times I’ve seen the show but I’m hopeful that she’ll be Effie in the Dreamgirls tour if it goes ahead.

I'm off for another visit to the matinee today for my friend's birthday! First visit was Feb, so looking forward to seeing Blake and Lucie.

I saw the show yesterday after 3 months of absence and unfortunately, (in my opinion of course) it has slightly lost what made it special with the original cast. Blake had a great voice but (for the record I was really against Jack McBrayer's casting because of his inability to sing) he lacks that amazing comedic timing Jack had. I didn't feel any chemistry between Lucie and David at all, other than them being really good friends, and I think it is quite unprofessional of her to break character and laugh in quite a few moments - apparently she's been doing it in many shows, especially during the "in the dark dark chocolate pie" line. I hope the new people coming on Monday will bring a new energy to the show and I'm still excited to see the understudies that I haven't seen yet.

Does anyone know if this will be extending?

It seems to be selling better lately, there seems to be less random offers around anyway! I think it definitely had a summer holidays boost like most shows and Joe Sugg’s going to bring in some sales so I could see it chugging along a bit longer.

Don't expect this to be going anywhere any time soon...

SUGG! Would you like someone to give you an extra S? Well? Would you? 😂