Back Stage Food – How performers eat before, during and after the show.

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this exploration of backstage food, Jaega Wise meets actors and musicians to find out how they eat to fuel their performance. The journey begins backstage at the Criterion Theatre in the West End, to meet stars of the hit musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Dujonna Gift and Sam Tutty. From there Jaega chats to baker Stacy Donnelly who’s provided thousands of real-life pies for Waitress the Musical on broadway, and gets advice from nutritionist and dietician Jasmine Challis on the best diet to fuel dancers. She also heads to Joe Allen’s in Covent Garden, which is renowned for feeding Hollywood stars, and chats to author of “My Family and Other Rock stars”, Tiffany Murray, who’s written a memoir about watching her Mum Joan acting as chef for performers of the 70s such as Queen, Black Sabbath and David Bowie. And finally she’ll be getting to know popstar couple Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Richard Jones, to talk riders, eating on tour, and the breakfast Sophie can’t do without.

Presented by Jaega Wise and produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Tory Pope.

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0:59.0	Music So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds. The stage is set, the lights are dimmed and the curtain comes up.
1:09.0	Many of us are lucky enough to have witnessed some sort of live performance, whether it be a stage show, a ballet, your favourite band or your local panto.
1:14.6	There's always something pretty special about watching the magic happen.
1:19.4	But have you ever wondered what those actors, singers and dancers are eating to perform at their best?
1:25.1	David Bowie would sit at the head of the table and he was super polite
1:29.0	and beautiful and he would either say just a little bit or he'd just say a glass of milk. In summer
1:36.4	79 a little bit of milk. I'm Jiggerwise and in this episode of the food program I'm going behind
1:42.9	the scenes to find out about
1:44.9	backstage food, what the performers are eating before, during and after the show. I'll be
1:51.6	meeting the stars of a hit London musical, chatting to Broadway's official pie consultant,
1:58.0	heading to a restaurant which is well accustomed to serving Hollywood royalty
2:02.2	and asking a pop star couple who've amassed a string of hit albums and top 40 singles about
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