The Kitchen 2011 - Articles Page 18

Opened: September 7, 2011
Closing: November 09, 2011

The Kitchen - 2011 - West End History , Info & More

National Theatre (Olivier)
(Waterloo) South Bank London

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.



Fifteen hundred customers an' half of them eating fish. I had to start work on a Friday.



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.



We all said we wouldn’t last the day, but tell me - what is there a man can’t get used to?



Arnold Wesker’s extraordinary play premiered at the Royal Court in 1959 and has since been performed in over 30 countries. The Kitchen puts the workplace centre stage in a blackly funny and furious examination of life lived at breakneck speed, when work threatens to define who we are.

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The Kitchen - 2011 - West End Articles Page 18

Performance Space 122 Presents THE GREEN SURROUND
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 18, 2011


Choreographer and director Heather Kravas upends the effortful physicality of 9 women, their rehearsal of precision and practice of perfection in her latest work, The Green Surround.

Arts Center of Cannon County Presents THE FOREIGNER, 4/15 - 5/1
by BWW News Desk - Apr 15, 2011


Mike Reed plays Charlie, a terribly shy man who seeks peace and solitude in a rural backwoods hunting lodge in north Georgia in Larry Shue's The Foreigner running April 15-May 1 at The Arts Center of Cannon County in Woodbury. Directed by Mary Wilson, The Foreigner also features Arts Center favorites Tim Spry, Phil Mote, Emily Roberts, Pat Garrett, Justin Winton, and Becky Coutras.

Aurora Theatre Stages the World Premiere of Barrio Hollywood in Spanish
by BWW News Desk - Apr 14, 2011


Aurora Theatre continues the 2010-2011 GGC Lab Series with a Spanish-language performance produced through our Spanish language theatre initiative Teatro del Sol.

Arts Center of Cannon County Presents THE FOREIGNER, 4/15 - 5/1
by Jeffrey Ellis - Apr 13, 2011


Mike Reed plays Charlie, a terribly shy man who seeks peace and solitude in a rural backwoods hunting lodge in north Georgia in Larry Shue's The Foreigner running April 15-May 1 at The Arts Center of Cannon County in Woodbury. Directed by Mary Wilson, The Foreigner also features Arts Center favorites Tim Spry, Phil Mote, Emily Roberts, Pat Garrett, Justin Winton, and Becky Coutras.

The New School Presents Warhorse: The Puppeteers - Basil Jones, Opens 4/13
by BWW News Desk - Apr 13, 2011


On April 13, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics and the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at The New School present an evening conversation with Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, founders of the Capetown-based Handspring Theater Company, in conjunction with the current Lincoln Center Theater presentation of the multi-award winning Warhorse.

Armitage Gone! Dance Returns to The Joyce Theater 4/26-5/8
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 6, 2011


Karole Armitage's contemporary ballet company, Armitage Gone! Dance, has announced the official programming for the company's return to The Joyce Theater, taking place April 26-May 8, 2011.

International Collaboration Premieres at the Kitchen Theatre Company
by Gabrielle Sierra - Apr 6, 2011


The Kitchen Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season continues with an exciting international collaboration. Actors, playwrights and artists from the U.S. and Turkey have come together to create the play S/HE, which will have its world premiere production at the Kitchen Theatre in May 2011.

Junior League's Kids in the Kitchen Program Continues 4/2
by BWW News Desk - Apr 2, 2011


In 2009, the Junior League of Nashville began a local educational program called Junior League's Kids in the Kitchen in partnership with the Middle Tennessee and Cumberland Valley Troops of the Girl Scouts of America.

EMF Presents THE EXTENDED PIANO FESTIVAL: WORKS FOR THE DISKLAVIER
by BWW News Desk - Apr 1, 2011


Presented by Electronic Music Foundation, The Extended Piano Festival presents a series of concerts and installations highlighting the unique and rarely composed-for Disklavier.

The Tenant Plays The Producer's Club Theaters, Crown Theater 4/29-5/22
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 29, 2011


'The Tenant' by Bill Donnelly- Story of sexual tension in a young couple, their pet parrot and an enigmatic stranger, set in a Midtown apartment house but venturing off the tangible plane. Plays April 29 to May 22, 2011 at The Producers' Club Theaters, Crown Theater, 358 West 44th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues)

Windham Theatre Guild Auditions for The Importance of Being Earnest 3/29
by BWW News Desk - Mar 29, 2011


It's time to begin the last play of the 2010-2011 Main Stage Season. Auditions for The Importance of Being Earnest will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday March 29th & 30th at the Burton Leavitt Theatre at 7:00 pm.

Junior League's Kids in the Kitchen Program Continues 4/2
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 28, 2011


In 2009, the Junior League of Nashville began a local educational program called Junior League's Kids in the Kitchen in partnership with the Middle Tennessee and Cumberland Valley Troops of the Girl Scouts of America.

The New School Presents Warhorse: The Puppeteers - Basil Jones, Opens 4/13
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 25, 2011


On April 13, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics and the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at The New School present an evening conversation with Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, founders of the Capetown-based Handspring Theater Company, in conjunction with the current Lincoln Center Theater presentation of the multi-award winning Warhorse.

Aurora Theatre Stages the World Premiere of Barrio Hollywood in Spanish
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 25, 2011


Aurora Theatre continues the 2010-2011 GGC Lab Series with a Spanish-language performance produced through our Spanish language theatre initiative Teatro del Sol.

Tyler Florence Designs the 2011 House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year 7/18
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 22, 2011


The much-anticipated House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year, returns to Rockefeller Plaza in New York City on Monday, July 18.

EMF Presents THE EXTENDED PIANO FESTIVAL: WORKS FOR THE DISKLAVIER
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 22, 2011


Presented by Electronic Music Foundation, The Extended Piano Festival presents a series of concerts and installations highlighting the unique and rarely composed-for Disklavier.

Windham Theatre Guild Auditions for The Importance of Being Earnest 3/29
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 14, 2011


It's time to begin the last play of the 2010-2011 Main Stage Season. Auditions for The Importance of Being Earnest will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday March 29th & 30th at the Burton Leavitt Theatre at 7:00 pm.

FLASH FRIDAY: Send In The Clowns (x5)
by Robert Diamond - Mar 11, 2011


Today, in honor of this week's InDepth InterView with Kathy Griffin celebrating her Broadway debut in KATHY GRIFFIN WANTS A TONY - which opens tonight - we are taking a look at the impressive list of comedic talents who will be virtually taking over the Great White Way this Spring. In addition to Griffin, two of the biggest comedians in the country, Dane Cook and Chris Rock, will also be settling in to a Broadway run in Neil LaBute's FAT PIG and Stephen Adly Guirgis's THE MOTHERF*CKER WITH THE HAT, respectively; and two of the biggest actor/comedians on the planet, Ben Stiller and Robin Williams, will be appearing in dramatic roles in the revival of John Guare's THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES and the new play THE BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO, respectively. Perhaps more than any other moment in Broadway history, we're sending in the clowns - in more ways than one! Five, to be precise.

Journey of The Bonesetter’s Daughter Screened On PBS 5/8
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 9, 2011


JOURNEY OF THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER follows the creation of the San Francisco Opera's celebrated production of The Bonesetter's Daughter, composed by Stewart Wallace with a libretto by Amy Tan and based on her bestselling book of the same name.

Free Music and Dance Festivals Held at The Flea, Begins 2/28
by BWW News Desk - Feb 28, 2011


The Flea Theater is proud to bring back its popular music and dance series in revamped festival formats for spring 2011.

'Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search For The Next TV Star' Announces Winners
by Lauren Wolman - Feb 27, 2011


Oprah Winfrey announced not one but two winners of her primetime series 'Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search For The Next TV Star,' last night on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. In a surprise twist, both finalists, Zach Anner and Kristina Kuzmic-Crocco were awarded their own shows on OWN.

BWW Reviews: THE BREATH OF LIFE, Sheffield Lyceum, February 21 2011
by Ruth Deller - Feb 22, 2011


The third play in Sheffield Theatres' David Hare season showcases two fine lead performances.

Free Music and Dance Festivals Held at The Flea
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 7, 2011


The Flea Theater is proud to bring back its popular music and dance series in revamped festival formats for spring 2011.

Yale Rep Announces A Cast Change For THE PIANO LESSON 1/28-2/19
by BWW News Desk - Jan 28, 2011


YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents August Wilson's THE PIANO LESSON, directed by Liesl Tommy, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) January 28-February 19, 2011.

Pratt, Davis And More Lead Yale Rep's THE PIANO LESSON
by BWW News Desk - Jan 28, 2011


YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents August Wilson's THE PIANO LESSON, directed by Liesl Tommy, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) January 28-February 19, 2011.

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What productions of The Kitchen have there been?
The Kitchen has had 2 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 1966 and West End which opened in 2011.

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