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

She did not.

Joel Montague on instagram stories just answered a question about how long he is on as Ogie for and mentioned that it was end of January but 'maybe a bit longer' - thought Gavin was due on around 27 Jan? He also said he's off on 21 December if that is useful for anyone

Oh yes of course, apologies! Will be interesting to see who takes over both roles then.

What did she say?

Was there last night- full cast apart from Olivia as Jenna and Piers as Earl. As it was a Friday night I was expecting it to be quite full but was saddened to see lots of empty seats in the stalls. However once the audience warmed up they lapped up every second, particularly after an interval tipple!

I thought Olivia was incredible as Jenna, and because she does look a lot younger than the others I think it gives her decision to keep the baby more emotional weight. Little jarring to see her boyfriend play Earl- but Piers was absolutely fantastic, and in my opinion deserving of the lead.

Really enjoyed Joel as Ogie- and nice to see someone that can finally fully sing out in the part- audience loved him. Hannah was good as Dawn acting-wise but noticeably weaker vocally than the rest I would say.

My first time seeing David as Dr P and can see why he's the lead- hams up the awkward/neurotic side and gets much more laughs. Rest of the cast great- (although I was very surprised when Cal walked out as I watched Richard TW as Franklin Jr in 9 to 5 just a couple of weeks ago!) Sandra got lots of laughs and applause.

Overall- absolutely loved it last night. The scene with Jenna saying "get out before I get someone to carry you out" never fails to form a sizeable lump in my throat. Will be very sorry to see it close in July.

I first saw this show in New York back in previews and loved it! I find it and jenna’s story so relatable to me on a personal level so it will always have a special place in my heart. The only Jenna (of those I’ve seen) I haven’t really liked was Shoshana because her Jenna was like an overwrought emotional sledgehammer coming at me and it was just wayyyyyy too much! 😆

Saw it in London back in June with Katharine and thought she was outstanding (and that voice, just wow), and then finally caught Lucie in it last week (which happened to be the last show of a number of cast members). She was really good too (although as an American I found her southern accent to be pretty questionable 😬 ) even if I didn’t feel as emotionally invested in her Jenna. Laura is perhaps my favorite of all the Dawns I’ve seen. As if the role was made for her 😍

Going to be sad when it’s no more 😭

My wife and I finally saw this on Friday last week.

The show is not really my cup of tea, I'm more of a characters and story guy and kind of found everyone formulaic (Sassy Black Friend! Crass Nasty Boyfriend! Awkward Friend! Gruff Boss!) and the pace of the story a little all over the place, although I did love the dark shade of the main romance (I am convinced that the Doctor's wife wasn't mentioned until after the affair started, though).

Everyone in the show with one notable exception was terrific, particularly David Hunter. It's obvious he's one of the few remaining OGs, he is supremely confident and entirely convincing in the role and clearly having the time of his life. He has improved somewhere between 10 and 20,000x since I saw him in Once and fully deserves to be the bonafide West End leading man he now is. Olivia Moore was extremely impressive as Jenna; although she took a while to get going, by the time she'd found her volume and confidence she owned the stage and brought the house down. Joel Montague is fast becoming one of my favourite stage actors and ran away with every single scene he was in.

Hannah Tointon, unfortunately, was absolutely terrible and her big solo song was honestly embarrassing to watch. Her characterisation is okay but she does not have anywhere close to a good enough voice to do the material justice and at one point I thought she was going to be swallowed whole by the gap in ability between her and the other leads. Maybe she'll get better as she gets used to the demands of the show but it was rather disappointing to see that performance after the unanimous praise Laura Baldwin got.

Overall I'm very happy I finally managed to bag half-affordable tickets to this (row E of the Dress was great, thanks as ever Theatremonkey) but am in no real rush to see it again. I had a perfectly nice evening but don't consider this one a classic.

I haven’t seen Hannah but I have to disagree as far as Sandra goes, I thought she had a great voice. You have to have pipes to play Motormouth Maybelle so she’s definitely more than just a good actress in my opinion.

I thought Sandra Mavin was good but has comparatively little to do compared to the other ladies

Because the roles are so easy to learn anyone can just slip into them so they do. I think the producers are hoping that it attracts people to come time and time again to see "famous" people no matter how awful their acting might be, rather like panto. I think Sandra Marvin has a nice voice, but her acting is shocking. So shocking. So over the top, so false. It's embarrassing and cringeworthy.

Evelyn Hoskins joining as Dawn and Marisha coming back for a while in Jan.

They HAVE to film this.