Televising the nice, the unhealthy and the downright ugly relating to culinary competitiveness and unchecked hospitality, Come Dine With Me has the proper components for an irreverent musical with massive laughs and a giant coronary heart. Taking part in at Edinburgh Fringe this summer time, Come Dine With Me: The Musical may also come to The Turbine Theatre this September (2-29).
This new musical, written by Sam Norman and Aaron King, highlights the chaos that follows clashing chef personalities, and appears past the meltdowns, the sore losers and stroppy winners to delve deeper behind the scenes.
Primarily based on the Multistory Media TV format, commissioned by Channel 4, Come Dine With Me: The Musical follows a movie crew enter one more weekly contest. Having a fictional episode play out earlier than us, the present is unafraid to uncover the reality behind the beloved present. Co-created by TV producers Nell Butler (Airline; Celebrities Behaving Badly; You Be the Decide) and Genevieve Welch (Airline; I’m a Movie star; MasterChef), who each immediately labored on Come Dine With Me, this outlandish musical is a real perception into the guts – and hungry stomachs – of the present.
Casting consists of Daniele Coombe (The Witches) as Mary, Kim Ismay (Depraved) as Barbara, Paul Hazel (Avenue Q) as Duncan, Harry Chandler (Les Misérable) as Teddy, Sophie Hutchinson (Heathers) as Janey, Leo Udvarlaky (Bhangra Nation) as Ernest and Tom Bowen (Get Up, Stand Up) as Roy.
Regardless of the raucous drama that comes with each three-course meal, Come Dine With Me: The Musical is concerning the magic of human connection. By way of fly-on-the-wall glimpses into the every-day lives of strangers and folks coming collectively (with the odd tantrum), it’s a present that faucets into the nosey instincts of audiences, whether or not they’re coach potatoes or theatregoers.
A nationwide treasure of British TV, Come Dine With Me has been on air on Channel 4 in a wide range of guises since 2005. Its superb technicolour of delicacies and persona uplifts the lowly, skewers the pretentious, and has an enormous following throughout many demographics. It is without doubt one of the world’s hottest codecs, airing in 43 territories.
