‘it’s fuelled by a quiet anger at the inequalities in our society. It’s this anger that drives the piece – and lingers in the memory.’ - John Murphy

★★★★ THE STAGE  

 'it is the resilience and enduring friendship of these women that is celebrated here' - Lyn gardner

★★★★ THE guardian 

Chicken Soup. opened at the Sheffield Crucible on the 8th February 2018 and enjoyed a sell-out run until 3rd March 2018.

The play follows three women who established a soup kitchen in a Rotherham community in the height of the miners strike and continue to run it for 32 years.

It’s a play about enduring friendship. A play about Brexit. And a play about collective spirit.

Chicken Soup was co-written with Ray Castleton, a Sheffield local, who I met one night in the pub after a performance of Operation Crucible.

It was the first piece commissioned for the Crucible by artistic director Rob Hastie and was directed by Bryony Shanahan (Operation Crucible, Bitch Boxer) and designed by Sophia Simensky (Operation Crucible).

CAST

Judy Flynn - Josephine

Jo Hartley - Helen

Remmie Milner - Katie

Samantha Power - Christine

Simone Saunders - Jennifer

CREATIVES

Bryony Shanahan - Director

Sophia Simensky - Designer

Christopher Worrall - Casting Director

Prema Mehta - Lighting Designer

Katherine Robson - Associate Director

Alexandra Faye Braithwaite - Sound Designer And Composer

Natalie Grady - Dialect Coach

Rachel Middlemore - Stage Manager