"One false move and I'm compost."
It’s time for the asparagus harvest, the last harvest, and the Asparagus Spear is ready. She thinks. But her Roots are hiding something. And where are the Pickers who must do the back breaking work? And where are their children? Back in Romania, forgetting them. It’s now or never. Before the crop rots. Europe needs her White Gold.
Weaving together the perspectives of a seasonal labourer, the daughter she never gets to see, and one precocious asparagus spear, WHITE GOLD is a surreal deep dive into the strange world of Europe’s most exclusive veg. It’s theatre, but it’s also clowning and ballet with ballads. It’s about Eastern European mothers, the price of perfection and leaving your roots behind.
Fresh from runs at Avignon Festival and Luxembourg, this is the UK premiere of award-winning writer/director Larisa Faber’s latest show and her first return to CPT since 2021 with critically acclaimed "stark bollock naked".
Co-produced by neimënster as part of Larisa Faber's associate artist appointment.
Supported by the Ministry of Culture, Fondation Été, SACEM and UCL European Institute.
Play based on a text commissioned by UCL's European Institute in 2024 for their European Literary Map of London project.
Special thanks to Jean-Claude Muller-Lemmer, Daniel Baranowski and Joanna Olechna for their kind participation and to Bury St.Edmunds Ballet School, UK, for their donation of ballet shoes.
London run at Camden People’s Theatre supported by Kulturlx, Arts Council Luxembourg, and the Luxembourg Embassy in the UK.
Supported by the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture, Fondation Été, Fondation Indépendance, SACEM and UCL European Institute.
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