- Dinner (play)
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Dinner 
West End PosterWritten by Moira Buffini Date premiered 2002 Original language English Genre Comedy/Drama Setting Contemporary; England Dinner is a 2002 play by the British dramatist Moira Buffini. It premiered at the Royal National Theatre, London on 18 October 2002.
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Productions
Original Production
It was first performed at the Royal National Theatre in 2002, with the following cast:[1]
- Harriet Walter - Paige
- Nicholas Farrell - Lars
- Penny Downie - Wynne
- Adrian Rawlins - Hal
- Catherine McCormack - Siân
- Paul Rattray - Mike
- Christpher Ettridge - The Waiter
The director was Fiona Buffini, and the designer was Rachel Blues.
It was revived at Wyndham's Theatre in December 2003, with Adrian Lukis as Hal, Flora Montgomery as Siân, Paul Kaye as Mike and Paul Sirr as The Waiter; all other parts were played by the original cast.
2010
University of Bristol students are to produce a four night run of 'Dinner', commencing in February 2011 at The Alma Tavern Theatre, Bristol.
An amateur production of 'Dinner' will also show at The Oxford Playhouse Burton Taylor Studio this coming winter, staged by students at Oxford University.
In addition, Liverpool University Drama Society have just finished a short, critically acclaimed sell-out run at the Liverpool University Guild of Students, which won "Best Play" at the University awards.
The Lace Market Theatre in Nottingham will be performing "Dinner" on 9-14 May 2011, with Graeme Jennings directing. Please visit The Lace Market Theatre website (http://www.lacemarkettheatre.co.uk/) for more information.
The Tower Theatre company will be performing "Dinner" Tuesday 22nd-Saturday 26th March 2011, directed by Theo Leonard and Sarah Freeman at the Bridewell Theatre, Bride Lane (off Fleet Street), London EC4Y 8EQ.
Synopsis
Paige and her husband Lars invite some friends over to dinner. Over the course of time, the meal and surroundings become more ludricrous, comic and surreal. Events include an uninvited guest, a course of frozen waste, a silent and mysterious waiter and a death.
See also
References
External links
- Review by Terry Finnegan
- Script of the Play at Amazon.UK
- Curtain Up Review
- British Theatre Guide Review
- Official Homepage of Original Production at the NT
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