Scottish Premiere
PW Productions present The Lowry production

A play about growing up. With food.
Based on Nigel Slater’s award-winning autobiography.

Vividly recreating suburban England in the 1960s, Nigel Slater’s childhood is told through the tastes and smells he grew up with. From making the perfect sherry trifle and waging war over cakes through to the playground politics of sweets and the rigid rules of restaurant dining, this is a moving and evocative tale of love, loss and... toast.

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Preview
Tue 7 Aug, 10am

Preview Tickets
Full price £15
Concession £9

Dates
Wed 8 – Sun 26 Aug
(No Mon Performances)

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Tickets
Full price £21.50
Standard concession £16.50
U30s / Students £15
Other concession £9.50

See our Box Office page for full pricing and booking information.

Venue
T1

Running Time
1h 25m approximately

Age Recommendation 
14+

• Jonnie Riordan

  Director

• Libby Watson

  Designer

• Alexandra Faye Braithwaite

  Composer / Sound Designer

• James Thompson

  Food Director

• Nigel Slater’s coming-of-age story is told with warmth, wit and walnut whips. ★★★★

  The Stage

• Bold, unique, entertaining theatrical experience. ★★★★

  The Reviews Hub

• On both page and stage, Toast is a vivid episodic memoir, extremely funny, elegiac, brutal and heart-breaking in turn.

  Times Literary Supplement

• A heartfelt and intimate portrayal of the famous food writer's transition from childhood to adulthood, via the loss of both his parents and falling in love with food.

  British Theatre Guide

• A phenomenal piece of British nostalgia which brings more than just a single memory to life on stage. ★★★★★

  Frankly My Dear

• Toast connects emotions, memory and taste buds. Genius.

  Lynne Truss on Nigel Slater's autobiography TOAST

• He creates with moving honesty and laugh-out-loud comedy the hopes and fears of boyhood. Remarkable.

  The Observer on Nigel Slater's autobiography TOAST