This show uses live cooking on stage - involving certain ingredients that are allergens in particular: peanut butter, egg, soy and sesame oil. No food will be served, but it will be prepared and cooked on stage.
Welcome to the new Home Office Visa Application System, where cooking is at the heart of finding home!
To apply, you need to distill your entire existence - identity, home, experiences and aspirations - into one delicious dish for the King. The Royal Tastebuds™ will then determine your right to remain in the country... What will YOU cook?
In a world with ever taller walls, ANTS Theatre has interviewed 13 immigrants from across the world, talking the hard talk while cooking up a feast. Over the sounds of bubbling mole and the smells of crisping scallions, we ask: when you apply to live elsewhere, will your recipes need to be adapted to be included on the menu? Will they make it into The British Cook Book? Do they need to?
The King is waiting. Salivating.
You have one hour.
READY. STEADY. COOK.
"A great local theatre making a massive difference to the local community."
Councillor Jonathan Simpson Camden Council
