May Contain Food, May Contain You

by Luca Silvestrini's Protein

A portrait image of two performers. One performer is stood holding a dish of spring onions, whilst the other performer is draped over his shoulder, with her feet resting on the dish and her head flopped behind him. The standing performer looks at the camera with a bemused look.
Chris Nash (2023) May Contain Food, May Contain You

About May Contain Food, May Contain You

4 Stars

Lip-smacking fusion of song, dance, mime and sweet aperitif tomatoes.

The Guardian

Join award-winning company Protein for a highly entertaining evening with friends and family. Transforming your local venue into a restaurant, you are invited to bring a dish to share whilst you sit at decorated tables to watch, savor and digest a playful mix of dance, theatre and song that unfolds around you.

This show is touring as part of the Rural Touring Dance Initiative, a national project which supports dance artists and rural promoters to make great dance performance events happen in rural spaces.

About Luca Silvestrini's Protein

Luca Silvestrini’s Protein is an award-winning company based at Woolwich Works in the Royal Borough of Greenwich; in 2022 the company was presented with the Civic Award for Arts and Entertainment.

Protein creates dance theatre opportunities with and for you. We take our work to a variety of places including theatres, high streets, care homes and schools across the UK and the rest of the world.

Cast And Creatives

Conceived and created by: Luca Silvestrini and Orlando Gough
Devised and performed by: Sonya Cullingford and Simon Palmer
Additional material devised by: Jeremy Avis, Sara Black, Martin George, Jonathan Glew, Antonia Grove, Carl Harrison, Michael Henry, Saara Hurme, Donna Lennard, Sally Marie, Melanie Pappenheim, Louise Sofield, Peter Willcock, Jonathan Williams and Matthew Winston.
Directed by: Luca Silvestrini
Music by: Orlando Gough
Designed by: Yann Seabra
Lighting: Jackie Shemesh
Production Manager: Rachel Shipp

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  • Two audinece members are captured laughing with one another, whilst seated at a dinner table. The women on the right hand side is whisking a bowl of liquid, whilst the man beside her looks on. The table is cluttered with cups, plates and other various bowls.
  • A performer, dressed as a waiter, stands with arms spread out, in the midst of either singing or talking with the audience. He is surrounded by an audience seated at tables, who look on with amusement.
  • A female performer is captured playing the violin, their head bowed and eyes closed, as if lost in a moment of calm and focus. Begin them, and audience seated at dinner tables watches on.
  • A performer, dressed as a waitress, is captured with their arms spread apart, gliding forward. Begin them, an audience seated at dinner tables looks on.

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