2027 tour
SHOW TIME 75 mins
AGES Any (12+ recommended)
NOW BOOKING for 2027
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CREATIVES
Eva H Lee
Lu Descourtier
COLLABORATORS
Cesar Azanza
Max Brook
Marianne Cadiz
Chelsea Collison
Kristóf Gellén
Amanda Grace
Paul Hernes Barnes
Burhan Kathawala
Chioma Nwalioba
Emilia Nurmukhametova
Sierra Philbert
Kyu Sim
imma Ramos
Chen Xu
Xiaonan Wang
Zhaolin Zhou
special THANKS TO
Arts Council England
Jackson's Lane
Battersea Arts Centre
Omnibus Theatre
Bedford Theatre
the home Office has had a rebrand.
Now, the Home Kitchen presents its brand new visa application.
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If you had to distill your entire existence
- identity, home, experiences and aspirations -
into one delicious dish, what would it be?
And if your right to remain in the country depended on cooking this dish for the King... would you change it?
You have one hour. READY. STEADY. COOK.
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Eat Me is a comedic and pointed exploration of the UK’s visa application system disected through the frame of cooking a meal for the King, live on stage.
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​"an engaging, funny, relatable and moving theatrical piece. I felt represented. I felt seen and understood."
Cesar - Interviewee & Collaborator
THE PROCESS
THE ORIGIN STORY
Way back when, in the depths of 2020, our first nugget of Eat Me was formed. Following a series of interviews by Korean ANT, Eva H Lee, of other immigrants living in the UK, we had an idea. While co-cooking the same meal together over zoom, and over the smell of crisping spring onions, we explored ‘home’, ‘identity’, and ‘belonging’ on a new level. It made us ask the question - when you apply to live elsewhere, would you adapt your recipes in order to make it on the menu?
IN THIS DISH, YOU WILL FIND
13 interviewees with experience of applying for UK visa
13 delicious dishes, cooked, eaten & shared
MANY cooking utensils, EVEN MORE ingredients
6 collaborative workshops with more food & more making
2 focussed R&D weeks
An Arts Council grant and generous support from Battersea Arts Centre, Jackon’s Lane & Omnibus Theatre
Teaser Trailer
KYU: Kimchi Stew 🥒
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INGREDIENTS
• 1 cucumber
• 400g of pork shoulder
• 400g of kimch
• 1 onion
• Chilli powder
• Sugar
• Salt
• Sesame oil
• Secret powder from korea (nothing illegal)
• Soy sauce
• Eggs
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METHOD
1. Cut cucumber in half, vertical way. Get rid of seeds inside cucmber and chop it. Not too thin not too thick.
2. Season the cucumber with salt for 20 minutes.
3. Cut pork shoulder. Boil it in the water for 1 minute and pour the water. Fill it with fresh water and start boiling again.
4. Heat up sesame oil and turn the heat off.