T is the new summer hire at Cafarelli & Sons, an iconic New York butcher, but life in a messy cutting room isn't glamorous.
Mithra Malek(Romeo + Juliet, Anatomy of a Scandal) plays the newcomer, quickly discovering that no-nonsense boss Paula â Jackie Clune(Motherland, Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy, Billy Elliot: the Musical) â is fighting to hold a struggling business together.
When the season ends, someone's for the chop.
With the American Dream of a better life hanging in the balance, JD (Marcello Cruz, Sweat, Alex Rider) and Billy (Ash Hunter, Hamilton, Bridgerton) find themselves pitted against each other, each determined to secure a future.
Around them, David (Eugene McCoy, Girl From the North Country, Paddington 2) and T are drawn into shifting alliances and fractured loyalties.
But how far will they go to survive?The Meat Kings! (Inc.
) of Brooklyn Heights carves into the dark underbelly of America's anti-immigration policies and the brutal sacrifices that drive the pursuit of prosperity.
Winner of the 2024 Papatango New Writing Prize from a record-breaking 1,589 submissions, Hannah Doran's searing debut play is directed by Papatango's Artistic Director, George Turvey (Shook, National Tour & Sky Arts), following previous Prize discoveries that have won Olivier, Critics' Circle and OffWestEnd awards and remounts in 33 countries.
'Every year the Papatango Prize comes up with a bit of a cracker.
' - The Guardian
Theatre details
Park Theatre
Park Theatre Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park London N4 3JP
Directions: (1 minute from Finsbury Park Tube Station) Head southwest on Wells Terrace and continue for 194 feet (towards Clifton Terrace). Turn right onto Clifton Terrace and continue for 213 feet, the theatre will be on your left hand side.
Tube: Finsbury Park station is 2 minute walk (230 metres)
Park Theatre Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park London N4 3JP
Closest Tube
Finsbury Park station is 2 minute walk (230 metres)
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