A life-affirming play filled with the mouth-watering flavours of Iran, with live cooking on stage!
Following sold out and acclaimed runs at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and in London, Soho Theatre announces the triumphant return of My English Persian Kitchen, Hannah Khalil’s life-affirming play, inspired by an original true story by best-selling cookery author Atoosa Sepehr, directed by Chris White.
The hit show tours 4 venues across 4 weeks from 30 September to 25 October, kicking off with a two-week run at Soho Theatre graduating from last year’s studio space to its Main House this Autumn. Performances follow at Bristol Old Vic with whom Soho Theatre has a long history of transfers and co-productions and where Khalil is Writer in Residence. Programmed as part of the prestigious Belfast International Arts Festival now in its 63rd edition, the production will then tour to Dublin’s Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, and on to Belfast’s Lyric Theatre.
This evocative and timely drama chronicles one woman’s quest to start again. Forced to flee with no hope of ever returning home, she remembers the tastes and aromas of her mother’s kitchen and begins to lovingly recreate the dishes of her childhood and homeland and finds a new recipe for life. My English Persian Kitchen places community, identity and belonging at its very heart - all marinated in the fabulous flavours of Persia featuring live cooking on stage and the communal sharing of the much-loved Persian dish Ash-E Reshteh. Casting will be announced shortly.
“Utterly sensational” ★★★★★ The Quintessential Review
Listings
My English Persian Kitchen: Tue 30 Sep – Sat 11 Oct
Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE
Tickets from £13 – BOOK NOW