The 2019 national tour of Torben Betts’s biting comedy, Caroline’s Kitchen with an all-star cast including Caroline Langrishe, Jasmyn Banks and Aden Gillett will tour the region this spring, stopping off at the Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells from Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9th February, the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne from Tuesday 12th to Saturday 16th March and at Worthing’s Connaught Theatre from Wednesday 3rd to Saturday 6th April. This will be followed by an off-Broadway season in New York.
Caroline Mortimer, the nation’s favourite TV cook, has it all: a sparkling career, a big house in fashionable North London, a (golf) loving husband, smart kids and the best kitchen money can buy. But beneath the immaculate furnishings and studio lighting and away from the glare of the ever-present cameras, Caroline must face the looming collision of living a private life in the public eye. What happens when the cameras turn off and the truth comes out?
Torben Betts’s dark domestic comedy examines how people in the public eye battle with the responsibility and demands of real life and, in true Betts style, it explores the dynamics of age, class, politics and marriage.
Caroline Langrishe is best known for her television roles as Charlotte Cavendish in Lovejoy, Georgina Channing in Judge John Deed, Marilyn Fox in Casualty and Judith Leicester in Doctors. Caroline’s recent theatre credits include the UK tour of How the Other Half Loves, the Mercury Theatre Colchester production of Feydeau’s Bang Bang adapted by John Cleese, and Countess Lovel/Rose Trollope in Lady Anna: All at Sea at Park Theatre, London.
Aden Gillett most recently played Scrooge in Rachel Kavanaugh’s new production of A Christmas Carol adapted by David Edgar for the Royal Shakespeare Company last Christmas. His other recent theatre credits include Arthur Winslow in Rachel Kavanaugh’s production of The Winslow Boy (UK Tour), Theseus/Oberon in Dominic Dromgoole’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe) and Sir Colenso Ridgeon in Nadia Fall’s production of The Doctor’s Dilemma (National Theatre). He is probably best known for his television roles as Jack Maddox in The House of Eliott and Edward Campbell in Holby City. He will also be appearing in series three of The Crown.
Jasmyn Banks’ theatre credits include includes The Wind in the Willows (Royal Shakespeare Company) and One Man Two Guv’nors (National Theatre/UK Tour). On television, she played Alice Branning for two years in EastEnders and most recently appeared in A Very English Scandal.
Caroline’s Kitchen is directed by Alastair Whatley, with design by James Perkins and lighting by Chris Withers. The national tour is produced by Tom Hackney for The Original Theatre Company, Ghost Light Theatre Productions and Eilene Davidson.
Tickets for Caroline’s Kitchen in Tunbridge Wells are available to purchase online at www.assemblyhalltheatre.co.uk or by calling the box office on 01892 530613, for Eastbourne you can call the box office on 01323 412000 or book online at www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk and for Worthing you can call the box office on 01903 206 206 and book online at worthingtheatres.co.uk.