A darkly comic and at times heartbreaking response to the global food crisis from six of the world’s leading dramatists in partnership with six world-renowned scientists.

Sebastian (Harry Lister Smith) is travelling halfway around the world to find his steak-loving friend who’s missing in Nigeria, while Rashida (Alisha Bailey) just wants to eat her bar of chocolate in peace. Gogo (Robert Hands) is sacrificing everything for a glass of water and Erica (Dona Croll) is trying to win round her daughter’s affections with a rare delicacy – the last potato. But whatever you do don’t try one of Ruth’s carrots…

Written by Bola Agbaje (Olivier Award for Gone Too Far; Royal Court), Lydia Adetunji (Catherine Johnson Award forCompliance), Clare Bayley (The Container; Young Vic), Inua Ellams (The 14th Tale and Black T-Shirt Collection; National Theatre), Neil Labute (This Is How It Goes; Donmar Warehouse, Some Girl(s); West End) and Pedro Miguel Rozo (Our Private Lives; Royal Court) in partnership with the UK champion for global food security Professor Tim Benton and Professors Kamal Bawa, Suzanne Filteau, Ilkka Hanski, Molly Jahn and Tim Lang.

Starring Alisha Bailey (Moon On A Rainbow Shawl, National Theatre; Doctor Who, BBC; I Give It A Year), Doña Croll (Heresy Of Love, RSC; The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot, Almeida Theatre), Robert Hands (Scenes From An Execution, National Theatre;The Schumann Plan, Hampstead Theatre; Comedy Of Errors, Propeller; Mamma Mia, West End; Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell, BBC) and Harry Lister Smith (Posh, Royal Court; War & Peace, BBC).

Director | Poppy Burton-Morgan

Set, lighting & video designer | William Reynolds

Costume designer | Charlotte Espiner

Casting director | Gillian Hawser

Cast includes Alisha Bailey, Doña Croll, Robert Hands and Harry Lister Smith

8 September - 3 October

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COMPETITION: Win 1x pair of tickets for Mouthful at Trafalgar Studios on Thursday 10 September at 19:45. To enter the competition, send an email to bojana@run-riot.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ box. The winner will be randomly selected

Q: Director Poppy Burton-Morgan and designer William Reynolds are the founders of:

A: 1) Metta Theatre 2) Paradigm Theatre 3) Metaphor Theatre