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A Global Street Food Event
with a Difference!
"Just your average shift, in your average pizza shop . . ."
Ever wondered what the real stories are?
A
theatre show fresh from Edinburgh and a supper
club are joining forces to bring us the stories
behind your takeaway. The 'Pizza Shop Heroes' event
will serve mouth-watering global dishes, and stories
from around the world in a street food and theatre
event at Canon Frome Court this autumn.
Stories & Supper brings together volunteers, refugees and
dinner guests - sharing food and stories, and building
connections along the way. This is the second Ledbury
event for the project, and the first collaboration with the
5-star theatre company of actors - who all came to the UK
as unaccompanied asylum seeking children. Phosphoros
Theatre 'bring the unseen to light' - and Pizza Shop
Heroes is their third production. Four young men
working your average shift in your average pizza shop take
us on a journey across time and continents to show how
extraordinary they are.
few years and has been quick to establish support
networks such as Malvern Welcomes and Ledbury
Refugee support. We also, as a rural farming area, have
hosted many seasonal farm workers through the years.
We all see the negative migration headlines in our
newspapers but knowing more about each other can only
be a good thing for a harmonious community in the
future – which is what we all want after all!”
Tickets are £20 and include theatre, entertainment and
food. More information on the food, the chefs and the
stories, and how to get tickets or order the book can be
found on www.storiesandsupper.co.uk.
Stories & Supper director and Ledbury resident, Rebecca
Tully, is excited to bring the collaboration to
Herefordshire: "Our county's foodie events are going
from strength to strength, with a great range of local
produce and great global recipes, so we're continuing this
love of food and adding some stories behind it too. Every
dish has a story, and finding out those stories is such a
pleasure and a feast for our ears and our taste buds!
Stories & Supper is about enjoying, connecting - and
finding out more - and for this event the focus is on the
people who often prepare our food. We are excited to
also be producing our first Stories & Supper recipe book
this year, giving you the opportunity to get these stories
and vibrant flavours into your own kitchen!
The reason I decided to bring Stories & Supper to
Ledbury was because I was struck by the similarity of
stories that have woven through rural England over the
years, and the stories I hear from people who've migrated
from other rural areas around the globe. This area has
received a number of resettled refugee families in the past
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