Stage adaptation of Victoria Wood's BBC sitcom, with Les Dennis, Sue Cleaver, Karen Henthorn and Amy Drake, directed by Sean Foley.
Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies is coming to the Princess Theatre from 11 to 15 May 2027, a brand-new stage adaptation of the sitcom Wood wrote and starred in. It's the first time her work has been directly commissioned for the stage, this time by the estate of the writer herself.
If the name rings a bell, it's because the original ran on BBC One for two series between 1998 and 2000, winning a British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy and picking up a BAFTA nomination. Wood wrote it and played the lead, Brenda Furlong, the long-suffering manager of a Manchester factory canteen. The stage version draws on episodes from those series and brings back the whole crew — Stan, Bren, Tony, Dolly, Jean, Twinkle and Anita — for a night of Wood's classic comedy.
The cast for this production includes Les Dennis as Stan, Sue Cleaver as Jean, Karen Henthorn as Dolly and Amy Drake as Bren, with Sean Foley directing. It's been more than 25 years since the show first aired, so this is a fresh take on the characters rather than a revival of the old cast.
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Tickets start from £20, and the run is five days at the Princess Theatre on Torbay Road, Torquay, TQ2 5EZ.
