CHEF
Written by Sabrina Mahfouz
Directed by Victor Kalka
17-20 February 2022
“Physically, vocally and emotionally, everything gels. It’s an excellent performance.”
– Jason Blake, Audrey Journal
“There are moments of wonderful physicality – Alice Birbara brings a lithe, sinewy power to this role – such as when she spreads her arms behind her body, seen in silhouette from both sides of the theatre, like a great bird taking flight. […] Chef is a highly aesthetic production with intelligent light and sound design used to reinforce the play’s structure.”
– Helen Hopcroft, ArtsHub
Australian premiere of Mahfouz's award winning play.
I cook here, create here,
make here be as much of life as I can
because outside of this
I’m not safe,
I don’t know the way.
As Chef plans the perfect menu she reveals the events and relationships that took her from a Michelin starred restaurant to a prison kitchen. Chef turns a life shaped by violence and loss into sublime dishes that reflect her philosophy of simplicity and respect. The Australian premiere of Sabrina Mahfouz’s award-winning play, Chef is a raw and poetic show about food, ambition and memories.
written by Sabrina Mahfouz
performed by Alice Birbara
directed and designed by Victor Kalka
stage manager Christopher Starnawski
lighting designer Jasmin Borsovszky
sound designer Ryan Devlin
photographer Clare Hawley
presented by Virginia Plain in association with KXT Bakehouse and Panimo Creative
