The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights
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T is the new summer hire at Cafarelli & Sons, an iconic New York butcher, but life in a messy cutting room isn’t glamorous. MITHRA MALEK _(Romeo + Juliet, Anatomy of a Scandal)_ plays the newcomer, quickly discovering that no-nonsense boss Paula — JACKIE CLUNE _(Motherland, Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy, Billy Elliot: the Musical)_ — is fighting to hold a struggling business together. When the season ends, someone’s for the chop.
With the American Dream of a better life hanging in the balance, JD _(Marcello Cruz, Sweat, Alex Rider)_ and Billy _(Ash Hunter, Hamilton, Bridgerton)_ find themselves pitted against each other, each determined to secure a future. Around them, David _(Eugene McCoy, Girl From the North Country, Paddington 2)_ and T are drawn into shifting alliances and fractured loyalties. But how far will they go to survive?
_The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights_ carves into the dark underbelly of America’s anti-immigration policies and the brutal sacrifices that drive the pursuit of prosperity. Winner of the 2024 Papatango New Writing Prize from a record-breaking 1,589 submissions, Hannah Doran’s searing debut play is directed by Papatango’s Artistic Director, George Turvey _(Shook, National Tour & Sky Arts)_, following previous Prize discoveries that have won Olivier, Critics’ Circle and OffWestEnd awards and remounts in 33 countries.
_‘Every year the Papatango Prize comes up with a bit of a cracker._’ - The Guardian
ASSISTED PERFORMANCES:
Captioned, 21 November, 7:30pm
T is the new summer hire at Cafarelli & Sons, an iconic New York butcher, but life in a messy cutting room isn’t glamorous. MITHRA MALEK _(Romeo + Juliet, Anatomy of a Scandal)_ plays the newcomer, quickly discovering that no-nonsense boss Paula — JACKIE CLUNE _(Motherland, Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy, Billy Elliot: the Musical)_ — is fighting to hold a struggling business together. When the season ends, someone’s for the chop.
With the American Dream of a better life hanging in the balance, JD _(Marcello Cruz, Sweat, Alex Rider)_ and Billy _(Ash Hunter, Hamilton, Bridgerton)_ find themselves pitted against each other, each determined to secure a future. Around them, David _(Eugene McCoy, Girl From the North Country, Paddington 2)_ and T are drawn into shifting alliances and fractured loyalties. But how far will they go to survive?
_The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights_ carves into the dark underbelly of America’s anti-immigration policies and the brutal sacrifices that drive the pursuit of prosperity. Winner of the 2024 Papatango New Writing Prize from a record-breaking 1,589 submissions, Hannah Doran’s searing debut play is directed by Papatango’s Artistic Director, George Turvey _(Shook, National Tour & Sky Arts)_, following previous Prize discoveries that have won Olivier, Critics’ Circle and OffWestEnd awards and remounts in 33 countries.
_‘Every year the Papatango Prize comes up with a bit of a cracker._’ - The Guardian
ASSISTED PERFORMANCES:
Captioned, 21 November, 7:30pm
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