Mouthful - Trafalgar Studios
Preview by Lizzie Guilfoyle
MOUTHFUL, a darkly comic and at times heartbreaking response to the global food crisis from six of the world’s leading dramatists in partnership with six world-renowned scientists, runs at Trafalgar Studios from September 8 to October 3, 2015.
Sebastian is travelling halfway around the world to find his steak-loving friend who’s missing in Nigeria, while Rashida just wants to eat her bar of chocolate in peace. Gogo is sacrificing everything for a glass of water and Erica is trying to win round her daughter’s affections with a rare delicacy – the last potato. But whatever you do don’t try one of Ruth’s carrots…
The cast comprises Alisha Bailey (Moon On A Rainbow Shawl, National Theatre) as Rashida, Doña Croll (The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot, Almeida Theatre) as Erica, Robert Hands (Mamma Mia!, West End, Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell, BBC) as Gogo and Harry Lister Smith (Posh, Royal Court) as Sebastian.
The dramatists are Bola Agbaje (Olivier Award for Gone Too Far, Royal Court), Lydia Adetunji (Catherine Johnson Award for Compliance), Clare Bayley (The Container, Young Vic), Inua Ellams (The 14th Tale, Black T-Shirt Collection, National Theatre), Neil Labute (This Is How It Goes, Donmar Warehouse, Some Girl(s), West End) and Pedro Miguel Rozo (Our Private Lives, Royal Court).
The scientists are the UK champion for global food security Professor Tim Benton and Professors Kamal Bawa, Suzanne Filteau, Ilkka Hanski, Molly Jahn and Tim Lang.
Mouthful is directed by Poppy Burton-Morgan, with set, lighting and video design by William Reynolds and costume design by Charlotte Espiner.
Also at Trafalgar Studios: Robert Icke’s new version of Aeschylus’ Oresteia (until November 7) and Ticking, from BAFTA nominated writer and director Paul Andrew Williams (October 6 to November 7, 2015).