Pantry Shelf
Satirical comedy revealing the micro-society of branded egos living on your pantry shelf. Queenie is a revolutionary new snack – the quinoa, date and bark bar. Like every food product all she really wants is to be loved. However, her world collapses when she realises her healthy branding is a lie. Can Queenie accept this hypocrisy or will she revolt and become a ‘rogue brand’? ‘The Pantry Shelf’ explores branding, consumerism and corporate control of our diets, but mostly it’s a love triangle between Queenie, a bag of Scottish porridge and a sexy block of dark chocolate.
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Play description
The Pantry Shelf at the Sweet Grassmarket flings opens the door on the hidden and complex goings-on inside your food cupboard.
Queenie – the Quinoa, Date and Bark Bar – is a new ingredient thrust into the pantry, where she quickly learns her branding as a healthy snack is not everything it claims to be.
Five actors in giant foam costumes portray everything from a sexy bar of dark chocolate to a bag of Scots porridge oats in this new satirical comedy from Edinburgh-based husband and wife duo Marion Shortt and Mark Prebble.
Marion and Mark – Team M&M – met in New Zealand in 2004, then relocated to Edinburgh in 2008 to further their scriptwriting and production careers – and also to fulfil their desire to put on a show at the Fringe.
After having produced last year’s independently-funded play In Transit at The GRV, Team M&M are now set to realise their dream and soon their incredible edibles will be adding a colourful touch of satirical humour and fun to Edinburgh’s mix.
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