The Portstewart-based Big Telly has won the innovative theatre award at the first Irish Festival organised by Origin Theatre Company in New York for The Worst Cafe in the World.
Described as “a menu of theatrical bites to amuse your bouche—music, mystery, magic, masks and mayhem”, its American dates were presented in a collaboration with Philadelphia’s Tiny Theatre, where it also played.
The show’s publicity claims, “from Shakespeare to sci-fi the stories come well-done and rare, but the waiters have a lot on their plate and may meltdown any minute… This may be the Worst Cafe for food but it’s the best for craic, specially created for people who like their theatre fresh”.
Devised by Big Telly’s Zoe Seaton and Tiny Theatre’s KC MacMillan, the show returns to Belfast shortly with a cast including Cat Barter, Kealan McAllister, Vicky Allen and Michael Johnston.
The Worst Cafe in the World plays at Belfast’s 49–51 Royal Avenue as part of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival and Festival of Fools from 4–6 May.