Join us on the set of daytime cookery programme Pass the Spoon where hosts June Spoon and Phillip Fork – assisted by a manic-depressive egg and a highly-strung banana – must prepare a meal for Mr Granules, a monstrously demanding diner whose appetite knows no bounds.
Premiered in Glasgow in 2011 and served up by composer David Fennessy, artist David Shrigley and director Nicholas Bone, Pass the Spoon is a darkly comic feast of words (spoken and sung), music and puppetry, made with decidedly adult ingredients.
Shrigley’s surreal humour is matched by the wit of Fennessy’s score, which is as sharp as the knives wielded by the disturbingly ecclesiastical butcher who supplies Spoon and Fork with tasty meat.
Original production by Magnetic North in collaboration with Red Note Ensemble and Tramway.
Warning: this show contains strong language and adult humour.
“Daft and instantly lovable”
★★★★ — The Guardian“The most fun I’ve ever had at the opera”
★★★★ — The Independent
Age guidance and content warning
12+, contains strong language and adult humour
Running time
Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes
Language
Sung in English
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Cast & Creative

Orchestra of Opera North
Orchestra of Opera North

Garry Walker
Conductor
Garry Walker

Nicholas Bone
Director & Design Concept
Nicholas Bone

David Shrigley
Design Concept & Costume Designer