Hungry /

Hungry /

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Author / Creator:Bush, Chris, author.
Edition:First edition
Imprint:London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Description:1 online resource (58 pages)
Language:English
Series:NHB modern plays
NHB modern plays.
Subject:
Cooks -- Drama.
Waitresses -- Drama.
Food -- Social aspects -- Drama.
Social classes -- Drama.
Lesbian couples -- Drama.
Grief -- Drama.
Drama.
Format: E-Resource
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13478050
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ISBN:9781839040115
9781788503938
9781784606695
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Summary:"Chris Bush's play Hungry is a two-hander that tells the story of a relationship between two women from very different backgrounds, both of whom work in the food industry. It explores love, class, grief and attitudes to what we eat. Hungry was first performed as a co-production between Paines Plough and Belgrade Theatre Coventry, in Paines Plough's the Roundabout at Belgrade Theatre Coventry, on 30 July 2021, before touring. The play has two interwoven time-frames: 'Now' and 'Then'. In the present, which plays out almost in real time, Bex (early twenties, black) and Lori (early thirties, white) are setting up for a gathering. The scenes set in the past span a couple of years, beginning at the moment they meet for the first time, when Lori is a professional chef and Bex waits on tables to make ends meet. After a coming-together in a walk-in fridge, they embark on a romance. But there are difficulties: Lori has big plans, while Bex is struggling, fighting against a system that is rigged, and grieving for the mother whose food she grew up on. Lori's attempts to educate Bex on her food choices and those of her working-class family end up reinforcing their cultural differences, and as their relationship begins to sour, it seems that some things - such as our relationship with food - go deeper than romance. The premiere production was directed by Katie Posner and designed Lydia Denno. It was performed by Eleanor Sutton and Leah St Luce"--About the play.
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Summary:

'I'd watch you eat. I'd eat you up. Look at you. You get it, don't you? You're real.'

Lori is a professional chef. Bex waits on tables to make ends meet. One night together in a walk-in fridge and it's the beginning of something beautiful.

Lori has big plans, while Bex is struggling. If we are what we eat, then Bex is in real trouble. It's not her fault - the system is rigged. No one on minimum wage and zero hours has the headspace to make their own yoghurt.

Chris Bush's Hungry is a play about food, love, class and grief in a world where there's little left to savour. It was premiered in July 2021 in Paines Plough's the Roundabout, directed by Katie Posner, as a co-production between Paines Plough and Belgrade Theatre as part of Coventry City of Culture 2021, before touring the UK.

'One of the UK's most exciting young playwrights' The Stage

'A writer of great wit and empathy' The Times

Physical Description:1 online resource (58 pages)
ISBN:9781839040115
9781788503938
9781784606695

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