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1950s London. In the kitchen of an enormous West End restaurant, the orders are piling up: a post-war feast of soup, fish, cutlets, omelettes and fruit flans. Thrown together by their work, chefs, waitresses and porters from across Europe - English, Irish, German, Jewish - argue and flirt as they race to keep up. Peter, a high-spirited young cook, seems to thrive on the pressure. In between preparing dishes, he manages to strike up an affair with married waitress Monique, the whole time dreaming of a better life. But in the all-consuming clamour of the kitchen, nothing is far from the brink of collapse. Company actor and Associate Director, Tony Casement (Journey’s End, The Promise) directs Wesker’s first ‘kitchen sink’ play; dramatising everyday life for the working classes as a reaction to the middle class dramas being presented around him.

Creatives/Company

Author: Arnold Wesker
Producer: Fresh Youth Theatre Festival 2010
Director: Tony Casement