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The groundbreaking play by Shelagh Delaney returns to London's West End after 60 years!Keep me updated
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Recommended for ages 13+
Performance dates
5 December 2019 - 29 February 2020
Run time: 2hr 15min (inc. interval)
Includes interval
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A Taste of Honey at Trafalgar Studios
“It’s chaotic – a bit of love, a bit of lust and there you are. We don’t ask for life, we have it thrust upon us.”
Shelagh Delaney’s ground-breaking British classic A Taste of Honey returns to the West End for the first time in 60 years.
Directed by Bijan Sheibani (Barber Shop Chronicles) and designed by Hildegard Bechtler (Antony and Cleopatra), A Taste of Honey is a gritty depiction of working-class life in post-war Britain and an exhilarating portrayal of the vulnerabilities and strengths of the female spirit in a deprived and restless world.
Jodie Prenger (Oliver!, One Man, Two Guvnors) leads the cast as Helen in an exciting staging featuring original compositions - influenced by blues and soul music - by Benjamin Kwasi Burrell, and rearranged songs from the jazz era, performed live by an on stage three-piece band and sung by the cast.
When her mother Helen runs off with a car salesman, feisty teenager Jo takes up with Jimmie, a sailor who promises to marry her, before he heads for the seas. Art student Geof moves in and assumes the role of surrogate parent until, misguidedly, he sends for Helen and their unconventional setup unravels.
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Contains smoking of non-nicotine e-cigarettes and e-cigars.Access
There will be a Captioned Performance Tuesday 14 Jan 2020 19:30. There will also be an Audio-Described Performance Saturday 8 February 2020 14:30 with a Touch Tour at 1pm.Recent Reviews
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London Theatre Review: Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey at Trafalgar
It would be a mistake to describe A Taste of Honey as anything other than artistic. The Trafalgar Studios production is not about plot, theatrics, or dramatic twists, and that's what makes it brilliant.
15 Jan, 2020 | By Morag Forbes
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Exclusive Q&A with Jodie Prenger from A Taste of Honey
What a treat. I recently had the chance to interview Jodie Prenger who is playing Helen in A Taste of Honey, currently at the Trafalgar Studios. She has such a friendly, jokey, way about her that I was at risk of getting completely distracted and settling in for a girlie chat. Luckily, I managed to regain my focus and ask her about the play and the cast, and a bit about herself.
Read the full Q&A session below.
16 Dec, 2019 | By Carole Lovstrom
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London Theatre Review: A Taste of Honey at Trafalgar Studios
When there is a jazz band on stage, and the atmosphere is gritty and low, you know you are in for a good time. I headed over to Trafalgar Studios to cast my eye over A Taste of Honey, the kitchen sink drama primarily telling the tale between mother Helen (a resplendent Jodie Prenger) and daughter Jo (Gemma Dobson). Being carted from one washed up relationship and location to another, the magic is in the dialogue and chemistry between Jo and Helen, with endearing interludes from the men in their lives.
11 Dec, 2019 | By Kay Johal
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Q&A with Jodie Prenger from A Taste of Honey
The beloved British Classic is making a long-awaited return to the West End this winter and it comes as a sweet relief after sixty years of absence. Tickets for A Taste of Honey are available now for its upcoming run at London’s Trafalgar Studios beginning 5 December 2019. Secure yours now and don’t risk waiting six decades for another revival!
Ahead of this exciting return and following the recent UK tour that had critics and the public alike raving, we asked the one and only Jodie Prenger some burning questions, from her Nancy in Oliver! experience to why you need A Taste of Honey tickets. Read below to see what she had to say…
22 Oct, 2019 | By Jade Ali
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A Taste of Honey to receive a West End transfer this Christmas!
It has just been announced that A Taste of Honey, the debut play by Shelagh Delaney written when she was just 19 years old, is set to transfer to London's Trafalgar Studios this December for a 13-week run. The now-touring production put on by the National Theatre just opened at The Lowry in Salford-Greater Manchester and is also scheduled to run in Bath, Norwich, Canterbury, Edinburgh, Richmond, Leicester, Belfast, and Wolverhampton. It stars I'd Do Anything winner and musical theatre actress Jodie Prenger and marks the first West End production of A Taste of Honey in over 60 years.
Tickets for the London run are now on sale for the award-nominated show.
24 Sep, 2019 | By Nicholas Ephram Ryan Daniels