Maria Roberts watches Waitress serve up comic one-liners and a curmudgeonly Les Dennis
VENUES can get a rep that can be hard to shake. The Palace Theatre was long known for being really freaking hot, even on a temperate day. I attended opening night for Waitress on the hottest day in May and as temperatures soared to 32 outside, I was genuinely petrified I’d be speed cooked inside. Indeed, the general vibe from everyone I told I was going to the theatre that night was that it would be an inferno and I was mad as a box of frogs. Grilling aside, I went anyway. Read on - it's free.
