slow food - Theater Mirror

*Jyoti Daniere, Victor Shopov and Steve Auger in Hub Theatre Company’s ‘Slow Food’*

by Mike Hoban

Slow Food – Written by Wendy MacLeod; Directed by Daniel Bourque. Presented by Hub Theatre Company of Boston at Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave. in Boston through July 30.

As anyone who has had to endure what seems like an interminably long time for wait staff to bring food and drink knows, that feeling of utter helplessness can be truly maddening – especially if you’re already famished. That’s the basic setup for Slow Food, the first live offering from The Hub Theatre Company since the pandemic, but playwright Wendy MacLeod puts the all-too-familiar scenario on steroids to great comic effect. Fittingly presented in the air-conditioned comfort of the cabaret space at Club Café in Boston (complete with dining tables and food service), the play serves up a banquet of laughs out of the identifiable situation.

Joel Van Liew, Brian Beacock, Daina Michelle Griffith
*(All Photos by Meghan Moore)*

by Deanna Dement Myers

Slow Food – Written by Wendy MacLeod; Directed by Artistic Director Sean Daniels. Scenic Design by Apollo Mark Weaver; Costume Design by Deborah Newhall; Lighting Design by Brian J. Lilienthal; Sound Design by David Remedios. Presented by the Merrimack Repertory Theater 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell through February 3

“Everybody needs a compliment now and again.”

A vacationing couple sits waiting for food in a restaurant, as they have many times over their long marriage. An obsequious waiter engages them with personal and extraordinary service. The man and woman want a meal. The waiter wants to make the evening perfect for them. What could possibly go wrong?

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