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Whimsical Cooking Show Comes to Life in Opera North

12/14/2025

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Summary

Story summary

Opera North's Pass the Spoon presents whimsical, darkly humorous narrative starring Amy J Payne as June Spoon.
The work was conceived by composer David Fennessy and visual artist David Shrigley.
It centers on a cooking show in which June and her assistant Phillip Fork prepare a meal for the monstrous Mr. Granules.
The score is performed by an onstage chamber orchestra.
The cast includes a psychotic butcher and anthropomorphic vegetables.

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Story summary

Opera North's Pass the Spoon presents whimsical, darkly humorous narrative starring Amy J Payne as June Spoon.
The work was conceived by composer David Fennessy and visual artist David Shrigley.
It centers on a cooking show in which June and her assistant Phillip Fork prepare a meal for the monstrous Mr. Granules.
The score is performed by an onstage chamber orchestra.
The cast includes a psychotic butcher and anthropomorphic vegetables.