Doubtfire Daiquiri, madam? How theatres are ramping up the drama with themed cocktails

From Legally Blonde’s OMG&T to Wicked’s Emerald Elixir, there’s now another way to immerse yourself in your favourite musical or drama. Interval drinks have never been such fun

A drink at the bar is rarely the highlight of any trip to the theatre. Beers are swiftly decanted into bendy plastic tumblers; wines are often an underwhelming choice of “red, white or fizzy”; and prices can be extortionate. But with most theatre bars opening about 90 minutes before curtain-up, that’s a lot of time to kill clutching a mediocre glass of merlot.

Not so at this summer’s Regent’s Park Open Air theatre revival of Fiddler on the Roof, where a Matchmaker Mojito (which includes a mint chocolate Matchmaker as a swizzle stick) and a Sunrise Sunset (a cross between a Buck’s Fizz and a Tequila Sunrise) are among the available drinks. Both cocktails take their inspiration, and their names, from songs from the show.

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