Arnold Wesker's Play

Arnold Wesker's perennially popular play The Kitchen will be revived at the National Theatre in October 2011.

Setting

Set in the basement kitchen of a large restaurant, thirty chefs, waitresses, and kitchen porters, slowly begin the day preparing to serve lunch.

Central Story

The central story tells of a frustrated love affair between a high-spirited, young, German chef, Peter, and a married English waitress, Monique.