Theatre to serve Nigel Slater’s Toast with a side order of ham

Audience to be given food during stage version of Nigel Slater’s memoir

Toast: The Story of a Boy’s Hunger, the bestselling food memoir by Observer writer Nigel Slater, is to be brought to the stage. Audiences will be treated to more than just the author’s memories, as the show’s director plans to offer samples of the dishes and tastes that are so central to the story.

A series of “communal eating interventions”, involving a slice of bread-and-butter pudding, or a jam tart, are to be staged, while the potent kitchen smells of boiled ham and cabbage are to be wafted across the stalls at the Lowry theatre, Salford, next year.

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