Food - Finborough Theatre
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
IN ITS first production outside Australia, Steve Rodgers’ acclaimed Australian drama, Food, runs at the Finborough Theatre from Tuesday, June 20 to Saturday, July 15, 2017.
‘Member when you were smart? Year six, start of high school, you know, fractions, Pythagoras’s thing, all that? One day, just like that, ya got dumb, made yourself dumb, like that was more attractive.
Nancy left, choosing chaos, freedom and sex. Elma stayed behind and cooked. Now Nancy is back.
On a stretch of Australian highway, sisters Elma and Nancy run their family takeaway joint – their days heavy with deep frying and memories. While they quietly wage war with their past and dream of a brighter future, a young life-loving Turkish traveller arrives, bringing a charm and sensuality that turns their world upside down.
Cressida Brown, Artistic Director of Offstage Theatre and director of the critically acclaimed Amphibians and Walking the Tightrope, directs a cast that includes Scott Karim (as Hakan), Lily Newbury-Freeman (Nancy) and Emma Playfair (Elma).
Playwright Steve Rodgers trained at Theatre Nepean, Sydney. His plays include Ray’s Tempest (Belvoir Theatre, Sydney, and Melbourne Theatre Company) which was shortlisted for the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award and nominated for Best New Australian Work in the Sydney Theatre Awards; Savage River (Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, Melbourne Theatre Company and the Tasmanian Theatre Company) which was also nominated for Best New Australian Work at the Sydney Theatre Awards; King of Pigs (National Play Festival Playwriting Australia); Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam; and Nothing to Lose (Force Majeure at the Sydney Festival and the Malthouse, Melbourne).
For more information or to book tickets, call the box office on 0844 847 1652 or visit www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/.
Also at the Finborough Theatre: Late Company by Canadian playwright Jordan Tannahill (until May 20); the world premiere of Jam, starring Harry Melling and Jasmine Hyde (May 23 to June 17); and the European premiere of Footprints On The Moon (May 28 to June 13, 2017).