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  • Sierra Sevilla presents

    For the Love of SPAM

    Thu 16 - Sat 18 May at 7.15pm
    Tickets £8 - £12 (+ booking fee)
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    For the Love of Spam is a one-woman comedic stand-up, puppetry, participatory, and multisensory show dedicated to two things: canned meat and colonialism.

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    What does a delicious can of SPAM have to do with colonialism and Asian identity? CHamoru/Filipina artist Sierra Sevilla attempts to answer this in her hilarious one-woman show.

    For the Love of Spam is a one-woman comedic stand-up, puppetry, participatory, and multisensory show dedicated to two things: canned meat and colonialism.

    We’ll find out how this (delicious) canned meat symbolizes modern-day colonialism, and threatens the very livelihood of a whole civilization in these ‘West vs East’ political games.

    Can this formerly catholic, angry and god-fearing woman help educate (and feed) the masses, all while ‘liberating’ her island?

    Supported by CPT's round of 2023 Seed Commissions.

    Seeded by CPT
    Content Notice
    Running Time 60 mins
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Content Notice
    Content Noticetheatrecat.com Swearing throughout. Reference to body shaming, natural disasters, and racism. One brief physical representation of choking, one longer scene of performer cooking and eating meat products, shooting (one short scene), suicide (one instance, depicted through a puppet). 12+
    Health Notice
    Health NoticeFood/drink consumed by performers, Food/drink given to audience members, Cooking on stage, Live flames
    "Touching and hilarious"
    Adventures in Theatreland
    "Sevilla is personable, cheeky and bouyant"
    Seen Anything Lately
    "Best one-person show I've seen"
    Audience feedback

    "Our children live in the most deprived ward in London and their parents cannot afford to pay for the classes and activities many more privileged children enjoy after school and at the weekends. A free-to-access youth group run by a local theatre in a professional setting is an incredible opportunity."

    Local school teacher