The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband

Synopsis

Quick-fire cordon-bleu comedy that mixes sex, death, food and Elvis! Should the two-timing food-loving aged Teddy Boy leave his wife for a lover who can't cook! Kenneth and Hilary have been married nearly twenty years, but as middle age encroaches, Kenneth finds himself in the arms of another woman. At first Laura seems to represent everything that is missing from Kenneth's life, but only one little problem...she can't cook. As time goes by Kenneth mourns the loss of Sunday roasts and the comforts of a settled life so when Hilary invites Kenneth and Laura over for dinner together he readily accepts - unaware of what delicacies Hilary has on the menu.

Our Review:

17 September 2002

How many bad puns can you make about a gastronomic black comedy gone wrong? The menu of possibilities seems almost endless - and almost irresistible. Unpalatable, tasteless, overcooked, half-baked, all starter and no entrée, out of the frying pan into the fire, can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen...all these words and phrases come to mind before you even start to throw any rotten eggs, baking cakes or fallen soufflés into the mix. Add your own clichés here and stir gently over a low heat.

And so to Debbie Isitt's three-hander The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband, which now receives its West End premiere a decade after it was first seen at the Edinburgh Festival, since when its played at the Royal Court and toured around the UK and the world. I'd like to report that, after so much time and energy, this transfer fully justified the effort - but that would be over-egging the pudding.

To be fair, it's not a disaster, but the whole thing - play and production, ...

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Michael Johnson - 17 December 2009:

good times :)...

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