Labour of Love - directed by Jeremy Herrin

She did Betty Blue Eyes for six months so I'm surprised that to learn she has stage fright. 

Sorry to hear she's unwell, seems like a good replacement though. Like David, I'm now attending a preview.

The email says



which is odd phrasing, wonder what happens if someone decides not to "continue to join us" and contacts customer services?

Called DMT and got my tickets for 2 Oct moved to later in the run. Quite happy to see Tamsin Greig although Sarah Lancashire would have been more interesting, just because she does less theatre so I haven't seen her on stage as much as Tamsin.

I'd done some checking on the online booking and there was one evening when there were two seats in row D, so have been moved into those a month later and am happy to see once the show has bedded in a bit more - I don't like previews and I especially don't like previews charged at full price...

Tasmin is a good replacement at least, I rate her as a actress

yep the same, oh well.

Agree with all of this. It's a pity they aren't extending it by a week or two to give it a slightly longer run.

If you happen to be William A. In Chipping Sodbury who shares my surname, I’m just sending your tickets on to you after DMT helpfully sent them attached to mine.

I'm going tomorrow.

Currently sitting in the day seat queue (3rd at 9am). Glad for a proper step and canopy to relax under away from the rain and the wet street. I'm sure I'll have some opinion to share this evening.

Well. God bless Tamsin Greig. You'd never have guessed that she was a late addition, she was glorious. It was was as though the part was written for her and I actually couldn't imagine Sarah Lancashire playing the role to be honest. It's pretty much a two-hander for most of the play.

I found the first act rather labour-ious (I thank you) but it picks up in the second act. Rachael Stirling is WASTED in a pretty thankless role but she does look lovely in leggings and wellie boots and that voice is worth a ticket price anyway. Tamsin Grieg does make you think that the play is a lot better than it is though. I think it'll get zippier as the run goes on.

Lots of Labour voters in the audience cheering away when a clip of Baroness T resigning was shown and several people giving standing ovations at the end. Show offs.

Oh and I almost went on the terrorism list too. Thank God Theresa May was out of the country or she'd have had me deported. I was at the end of the row and so I stood against the wall waiting for the show to start having a little aperitif. I'd left my bag on the (MY!) upturned seat as people kept coming back and forth along the row and with it being narrow leg room (and the audience being mostly geriatric), my bag would have tripped them up. And then the lady next to me reported my lovely bag to an usher who started speaking into her walkie-talkie. I was trying to prevent an accident and was almost accused of being a terrorist! The cheek of it. "Who leaves a bag around in London?" she cried. "Someone who is stood next to it and trying to stop you from tripping up you old heffer, that's who!" I replied.

We didn't speak after that.

How clever of you to recognise her as a relative of the late Eric Heffer. What a memory you must have!

Especially as she must have seen me earlier rifling around the bag for a Twix. I have a lot in my bag, it can take several minutes to locate things. Not so observant then was she.

AND I let her husband out for a toilet break. A mistake I shall not be making again in a hurry in case I get taken away by Interpol.

I mean I've always wanted to be one of the FBIs most wanted men but for *completely* different reasons.