Saturday 15 - Saturday 22 March 7:45pm. Matinee Saturday 22 March 2:45pm.
Based on cookery writer Nigel Slater’s acclaimed memoir, Toast is a play about growing up and finding your place in the world through food. We first meet the nine-year-old Nigel and accompany him on his journey to his first job in a professional kitchen as a young man.
Set in the mid-1960s and mid-1970s, the story is told using bold, physical and fluid staging, with some onstage cooking. Nigel is played by one adult actor supported by a company of four other actors, playing his Mum, Dad and the people he encounters on his journey. From making the perfect sherry trifle via the pressured playground politics of sweets to the rigid rules of fine dining, this is a story of love, loss and toast.
“The simple act of making someone something to eat, even a bowl of soup or a loaf of bread, has a many-layered meaning. It suggests an act of protection and caring, of generosity and intimacy. It is in itself a sign of respect.” – Nigel Slater