Merrigong Theatre Company
A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen
Artist Pitch
Theatre
National Arts Centre
Wednesday, December 3
11:00 a.m.
Merrigong Theatre Company is Australia’s largest regional theatre company. Based in Wollongong, just south of Sydney, it is widely recognised as one of the country’s most dynamic arts organisations, named Performing Arts Centre of the Year in 2025.
Woven from the threads of a sweeping family epic, A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen (or How to Make the Perfect One-Pot Chicken Curry) is charming, funny and moving. Josh Hinton fills the theatre with music, memories, and exotic smells as he attempts to make his grandmother’s chicken curry, live on stage. Sharing childhood memories and family folklore passed down the generations, Josh transports the audience from the backstreets of Sri Lanka to a bustling city in India, from a schoolyard in Iran to a South African farm, and to his home in Wollongong. It’s a show for anyone who’s searched for where they belong in this world, who’s lived between different cultures, or who has loved and lost family.