Written by David Watson (Housed, The Old Vic) and directed by The Big House Artistic Director, Maggie Norris, Knife Edge is a play about fear, food and family that begins with a murder and ends with a feast.

A girl with no name, hungry for life, fights to tell her own story. Immerse yourself in a darkly comic world, and join her on a journey of discovery, culminating in a culinary coming-together of cast and audience. Laugh – Think – and Eat…

Sound Design by Ed Clarke (Frankenstein, NT) and Lighting Design by Amy Mae Smith (2015 Winner of the Knight of Illumination Award for Best Musical, Sweeney Todd).

“Knife Edge is a play that’s ostensibly about food. And yes, played out in a restaurant, featuring a restauranteur, and culminating in a feast for the audience, food does have a key role. But it’s really about so much more than that.

It’s about frustration. It’s about how hard it can be growing up in care, shoved from one hostel to another. It’s about anger and despair and sadness. But it’s also about hope. And humour. And finding joy in unexpected places, and self-betterment and care.

And it’s exceptionally, utterly brilliant. It’s transformative. It will open your eyes and mind to think about the world in a new, enlightened way…

So go. Be amazed. Eat. The most exciting theatre event of the year.”
★★★★★ Pip McCormac, Red Magazine