The Kitchen at the Olivier Theatre

The Kitchen@The National. Definitely not the way mama used to make them. No real story or characters & poor sound. Left at the interval 1/10

Very disappointing. Excuse the pun but it had all the ingredients for a fast paced emotionally charged rollercoaster of a production. It served up none of that. A lame storyline and scenes designed to capture the frenzied organised chaos of a busy west end kitchen did not deliver. Perhaps I have seen too much masterchef and clever TV editing to render the staging of a busy kitchen drama an impossible task.

A bland and very large cast, an expensive set and the kudos of playing the Olivier. What an opportunity. What a shame.