Food takes the leading role
When watching a play where the action plays out around a dinner table, you can't help but wonder sometimes if that's really red wine they're drinking or is it cranberry juice, is the fruit wax, is the chicken rubber? But a number of new plays playing around the country have been experimenting with the cooking process itself, using it as a way of exploring relationships, even politics. And there's no doubt to the authenticity of the food, as the audience enjoys the aromas and even gets to taste some of the dishes.
Judi Herman went to sample some of these theatrical treats.
Rani Morty's Curry Tales can be sampled first at the The Raj on the Shore Restaurant, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland from 6 to 28 August as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, then moves to Manchester and London.
The Arab-Israeli Cookbook is at the Gate Theatre in London's Notting Hill, until 10 July. Robin Soans' The Arab-Israeli Cookbook, containing recipes, stories and diary photos from people interviewed for the play is published on 1July by Aurora Metro Publications
Nessim Zohar serves up My Mother's Soup at the New End Theatre in Hampstead, London from 29 June to 24 July.
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