The Raj Restaurant On The Shore

‘…complex, challenging and glorious…Moorthy is dynamic and warm. The writing is clear and strong and bursts with exotic detail.’ The Scotsman

Rasa Productions in association with the Traverse Theatre presents writer and performer Rani Moorthy in Curry Tales at the Traverse 4 / Raj On the Shore Indian restaurant during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (6th-28th Aug).

In a sensory medley of live cooking, visual images, fused with Western style text and story telling, Curry Tales adds to the flavour by being performed on location, in the Edinburgh restaurant owned by the famous Bangladeshi chef and entrepreneur Tommy Miah, who was also recently elected as a Fellow of the RSA- Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.

Through the medium of this global food phenomenon, Rani Moorthy reveals the secrets behind Britain’s favourite food. Curry Tales unravels the stories of six very different women – behind every curry lies a story and in every cook there lies a character. Literally feeding the audience with food for thought, curry is used to uncover character and personality, stories and secrets. Evoking the intimacy of a kitchen, cafe or dining room, food is prepared and cooked by the characters allowing the making of curry to become a total experience, with the audience seeing and hearing the chopping, pounding, peeling, stirring of ingredients and encouraged to taste the results!