Mouthful
Sebastian (Harry Lister-Smith) is travelling halfway around the world to find his steak-loving friend who’s missing in Nigeria, while Rashida (Alisha Bailey) just wants to eat her bar of chocolate in peace. GoGo is sacrificing everything for a glass of water and Erica’s 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…
Mouthful is 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.
Written by 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 and 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) in partnership with the UK Champion for Global Food Security Professor Tim Benton and Professors Kamal Bawa, Suzanne Filteau, Ilkka Hanski, Molly Jahn and Tim Lang.
Director | Poppy Burton-Morgan
Set, Lighting & Video | William Reynolds
Costumes | Charlotte Espiner
Cast includes Alisha Bailey and Harry Lister-Smith
Supported by Arts Council England and a Small Arts Award from the Wellcome Trust