Jenna Coleman cuts a chic figure in a black gingham trench coat

Jenna Coleman was all smiles as she left her West End show on Saturday night.

The actress is currently starring in the two-man show Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London alongside co-star Aidan Turner.

Jenna, 36, looked stylish in a black checked coat as she stepped out of the theatre’s stage door. 

She added a pair of black brogues to her look, wearing her blonde tresses in a sleek side parting. 

The beauty toted her essentials in a burgundy bag which she clutched as she made her way out of work. 

Looking good: Jenna Coleman looked stylish in a black checked coat as she left her West End show on Saturday night 

Chic: The actress added a pair of black brogues to her look, wearing her blonde tresses in a sleek side parting

Chic: The actress added a pair of black brogues to her look, wearing her blonde tresses in a sleek side parting

Gorgeous: The beauty toted her essentials in a burgundy bag which she clutched as she made her way out of work

Gorgeous: The beauty toted her essentials in a burgundy bag which she clutched as she made her way out of work

Jenna grinned as she made her way home after another night treading the boards.

The stars’ play will be on-stage for a nine-week run and sees Jenna play rule-abiding lawyer Bernadette while Aidan portrays free-spirited musician Oliver.

The official synopsis reads: ‘”Let’s just talk until it goes”. You’re going to speak more than 123 million words in your lifetime. What will you do when they run out?

‘Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons is a tender and funny rom-com about what we say, how we say it, and what happens when we can’t say anything anymore’. 

The play explores a young couple’s response to a dystopian world in which words are rationed by ‘hush laws.’ 

Jenna and Aidan take starring roles in this two-hander, which is a West End revival of Sam Steiner’s debut play of the same name – a huge success following its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2015.

However, despite the talent of the actors, critics have been left with a slightly sour taste in their mouth since the  press night earlier this month.

 MailOnline’s Patrick Marmion gave the play two out of five stars and described the script as ‘gimmicky’.

Pretty: Jenna grinned broadly as she made her way home after another night treading the boards

Pretty: Jenna grinned broadly as she made her way home after another night treading the boards

Smiles: Jenna is in the play with Aidan Turner for a nine-week run

Glowing: She looked glowing as she stepped out of the theatre

Glowing: She looked glowing as she stepped out of the stage door of the theatre in the stylish ensemble 

Glam girl: The star opted for a slick of pale pink lipstick, keeping her makeup minimal as she left

Glam girl: The star opted for a slick of pale pink lipstick, keeping her makeup minimal as she left 

He said: ‘Give [anyone] a gimmicky script like this one by Sam Steiner and they will inevitably wind up sounding like Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, waffling to kill time on This Morning.’

Offering the play three out of five stars, Time Out magazine described it as ‘a disarmingly bleak affair, or certainly in comparison to eight years ago’ – with Brexit blamed for its ‘dour’ tone. 

However the ‘lovely’ set design was praised, while Steiner’s words – of which some have been rewritten since its debut – were applauded for standing the test the time. 

Elsewhere The Times also offered three out of five stars, while claiming the play soon runs out of steam. 

‘Can two good actors and a gifted director, Josie Rourke, make this cocktail of cute ideas add up to more than the sum of its parts? Not quite,’ they write. 

‘Worse, a singsong of Total Eclipse of the Heart trails off when he runs out of words before she does. Every now and then they fall apart.’ 

Meanwhile The Telegraph claimed it was ‘tantalising, but limited’ despite strong performances from its two stars, writing: ‘Plenty for fans to admire, then, but a few syllables short of a humdinger.’ 

Strut: Her coat also had a stylish tie around the waist, adding an unusual touch to her glam ensemble

Strut: Her coat also had a stylish tie around the waist, adding an unusual touch to her glam ensemble 

Wrapping up: Jenna wore a pair of black trousers underneath her chic coat, wrapping up for the freezing weather

Wrapping up: Jenna wore a pair of black trousers underneath her chic coat, wrapping up for the freezing weather 

              LEMONS ALL ROUND!                            WHAT THE CRITICS SAID

 ‘Can two good actors and a gifted director, Josie Rourke, make this cocktail of cute ideas add up to more than the sum of its parts? Not quite’The Times 

‘A disarmingly bleak affair, or certainly in comparison to eight years ago’ – Time Out London

A bittersweet pleasure… a sad love story subtly enacted by two luminous screen stars’ – The Evening Standard

‘Plenty for fans to admire, then, but a few syllables short of a humdinger’ The Telegraph  

 

‘Coleman and Turner are endearing together, although they remain cutesy for too long, repeating riffs on their first meeting in a pet cemetery’ – The Guardian

‘Ultimately, Lemons did feel a little long despite the tremendous likeability of its central pairing but its central premise is compelling and it’s clear its author Sam Steiner is going to be a name of which we are all to become far more familiar’Monstagigz

 

 

 

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