There seems to be a lot of theatre to talk about at the moment. Must be the time of year or something. This looks like being a bit more than theatre though – “a performance that invites the audience to literally eat the story”.
Kindle Theatre’s ‘Eat Your Heart Out’ will be at the AE Harris Building from 29 October to 8 November. I’m not quite sure how to explain this so I’m going to do the sensible thing – quote the promo blurb, post the flyer and suggest you grab a ticket.
In the last remaining corner of the human world, three cooks are summoned to create a celebratory meal using only the carcass of their once great kitchen.
…the set will be an apocalyptic junkyard made from Birmingham’s own rubbish and installed by designers Tony Appleby and Claire Wearn. Multimedia design company filmcafe will be creating photographs and lighting inspired by the work of Caravaggio, whilst regional composer-musician Phill Ward will work with Kindle performer-musicians to create a score that reinvents the decadence of the Baroque era. The company are also working food designers Blanch & Shock, to design what promises to be an unforgettable menu
Tickets aren’t all that cheap but James at Stan’s Cafe reckons it looks like being good value for money:
At first glance the casual observer may think the tickets quite dear but there is an insane amount of stuff in the plus, live music and food plus they’ve been working manically hard for ages on it, so essentially it’s three nights out in one go and thus good value I would imagine
I was going to respond and say: “Tickets are £16-£19. I think that’s fairly good value for theatre isn’t it? In fact, it seems a bit cheap given it sounds like it comes with chicken in a basket. Have you seen how much it is to go to the RSC? (answer: lots).”
But then I noticed it only cost £7 to go see it in Brighton. Maybe they got smaller portions.
They only showed an extract at the Brighton show though – this will be the full-blown thing. There may even be condiments.
True on the price thing generally – maybe it’s just that it’s more than a company like Kindle would ordinarily charge, although I’m not sure what I’m basing that on.