Waitress – Hull New Theatre
It’s a good job I didn’t watch Waitress on an empty stomach; I would have been tempted to storm the stage to eat the props - the props being delicious-looking pies.
Real or imitation, I don’t know, but by the yummy looks of them I wouldn’t have cared.
The dreamy confections took centre stage at the Hull New Theatre on Monday evening, as the pie-themed musical disarmed the tastebuds of everyone in the packed auditorium.
Most of the action takes place in Joe’s Pie Diner, a popular eatery in small-town Indiana, America.
A staff of four - three waitresses, Jenna (Chelsea Halfpenny), Dawn (Evelyn Hoskins) and Becky (Sandra Marvin), and chef and manager Cal (Christopher D Hunt) - keep the diner ticking over nicely.
Jenna is the expert pie-maker. Married to the controlling and sel...