Patisserie Femme: A Work-in-Progress
Patisserie Femme: A Work-in-Progress is a delicious satirical sketch comedy set in a spin-off of the Great British Bake Off tent. Forget Bread Week and Star Baker, these contestants have a different set of rules! That's right, sweet treats are out and mouth-watering women are in!
The audience will bear witness to funny and heart-wrenching confessions by the hosts, contestants and key pantry ingredients too. Whether you're an innocent little “sweetie-pie”, your darling partner's “honey” or a “tart” on the market, you're a woman who can't escape being eaten up. Patisserie Femme is sure to make you laugh your way through uncomfortable themes — yeast infections and popping the cherry to name but a few. What Patisserie Femme most certainly doesn’t do, is sugar-coat the injustices that women face on the daily.
Written by Jessie Diepeveen, the show first premiered in South Africa and has seen several successful runs across the country, including the prestigious Market Theatre. A two-time Fleur du Cap nominee for Best New Director and Best Ensemble (2024), Patisserie Femme is now testing fresh bakes in the UK in this brand new Work-in-Progress version.
by Strange Kin Theatre (@strangekintheatre)
Cast: Jessie Diepeveen & Sadi Masego
Writer: Jessie Diepeveen
Director: Elisabeth Tu
Assistant Director: Tyler Reuben
Producer: Yeo Dana
Associate Producer: Daniel Hintner
Movement Assistant: Wei Yuan
Set & Costume Designer: Stirling Beatson
Composer & Sound Designer: Jade Leamcharaskul
Marketing & Graphic Designer: Daniel Hintner
Running time: 60mins
Date & Time: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th October @ 2.30pm
Content Warnings: Some strong language, References to termination of pregnancy, references to sex, references to genitalia (including a drawing)
Audience Guidelines
Latecomers will not be admitted. Ticket purchases are non refundable.
Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.
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Venue: The Bread and Roses Theatre
Home of The Lambeth Fringe, The Bread & Roses, is an award-winning and innovative fringe pub theatre.
A 50-seat fringe venue above The Bread & Roses Pub, the theatre programs a wide-spread variety of productions for local as well as far-reaching audiences. Equality, diversity and artistic quality are at the forefront of the theatre's programming, which features in-house productions as well as many visiting companies. The theatre regularly hosts touring shows and has worked with award-winning ensembles with decades of experience but also frequently welcomes and supports emerging theatre-makers taking their first steps. The programme includes new writing, contemporary revivals, reinvented classics and occasionally also devised work, improvisational theatre, comedy events, family shows and physical theatre.
Recently renovated, The Bread and Roses Theatre features brand new tiered seating, with 50 new individual seats, and a professional floor.
Theatre: Capacity 50, full rig, lighting desk and sound system. Projector and mics hire-able.
Perfect for: Theatre, new-writing, WIP, solo shows and boundary pushing work.
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