MY ENGLISH PERSIAN KITCHEN
US PREMIERE | FROM EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL
By HANNAH KHALIL
From a story by ATOOSA SEPEHR
Directed by CHRIS WHITE
A Solas Nua Production in association with Mosaic Theater Company
Generously supported by Culture Ireland
Hailed as a “thoroughly flavorful feast of a play” by The Guardian, My English Persian Kitchen chronicles one woman's resettlement in England and then in Belfast after fleeing an abusive husband and her home country of Iran. Longing for her homeland, she turns to her mother’s recipes for solace and strength as she rebuilds both her life and her spirit. This one woman play features the live cooking of traditional Persian ash-e-reshteh (noodle soup) onstage to bring audiences together through the communal nature of food and the joy of finding home.
“COMFORT THEATRE FOR THE COLD AUTUMN SEASON” —THE INDIEPENDENT
When: November 12 – December 6, 2026, various showtimes
Where: Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St. NE, Washington, DC)
Tickets: Available here
- Previews: Thursday & Friday $42 | Saturday & Sunday $56
- Regular Performances: Thursday & Friday $53 | Saturday & Sunday $70
- Discounts: In the spirit of welcome, Mosaic is proud to remove financial barriers to our work via senior, student, military, and need-based discounts, plus a limited number of rush tickets for every show. See the ticket site for more information.
Runtime: Approx 70 minutes
Hannah Khalil is an Irish-Palestinian playwright. She was writer in residence at the Globe 2022. In December 2022 her play Hakawatis played at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, while her adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's The Fir Tree returned to the main stage at the Globe making Hannah the first writer other than Shakespeare to have had her work on in both spaces at the Globe simultaneously. Further work at the Globe includes an adaptation of Shakespeare and Fletcher's Henry VIII while A Museum in Baghdad played at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2019/20 making Hannah the first woman of Arab heritage to have a main stage play at the company. Hannah was also a Creative Fellow of the Samuel Beckett Archive for 2021/2022 and was named Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University, Spring 2021. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2022.
Chris White, Director
