LISA RILEY
SAYS WAITING FOR GATEAUX IS THE
FUNNIEST PLAY SHE'S EVER BEEN IN
Waiting for Gateaux
South Shields Customs House
Wednesday10th – Saturday 13th
June 2015
Lisa
Riley took time out of her busy filming schedule to send a message of support
to South
Shields
theatre producer Gareth Hunter who is overseeing a production of the comedy Waiting
For Gateaux at the Customs House next month.
Lisa,
who is currently on location in Hungary for a feature film
called Love in Budapest, starred in the national tour of Waiting for
Gateaux in 2010 and told Gareth how much she loves the play.
"Waiting
For Gateaux is the funniest play I've ever been in," said the star of
hugely successful national stage tours that includes Calendar Girls and The
Vagina Monologues.
In
her 2013 autobiography Never Judge A Book By its Cover, the former Emmerdale
star who has also been the voice of You’ve Been Framed and more recently
captured the nation’s heart in Strictly Come Dancing, said: “Waiting For
Gateaux is a wonderfully clever piece. We toured for five months and everywhere
we went audiences and critics loved the play."
She
told Gareth: "What I love about it is that it is a satirical play, set in
a slimming club with one cycle, one yoga mat, one exercise ball and one muscle
stretcher on stage it’s about four seriously dysfunctional people who come to
the club more out of loneliness than a desire to lose weight. They are there to
make friends and have a gossip.
"It's
a great girls night out and for two hours allows people to realize what life is
really about - friendship!"
Gareth
said: "Lisa even asked me to let her know how the show went in South Shields."
Tickets:
Waiting
for Gateaux will be performed at the Customs House from Wednesday, June 10, to Saturday,
June 13 at 7.30pm, with a matinees on Thursday and Saturday
at 2.30pm. Tickets cost £13 and £11 (conc).
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