Pass the Spoon

David Fennessy

12 - 20 December 2025

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Join us on the set of daytime cookery programme Pass the Spoon where hosts June Spoon and Phillip Fork – assisted by a manic-depressive egg and a highly-strung banana – must prepare a meal for Mr Granules, a monstrously demanding diner whose appetite knows no bounds.

Premiered in Glasgow in 2011 and served up by composer David Fennessy, artist David Shrigley and director Nicholas Bone, Pass the Spoon is a darkly comic feast of words (spoken and sung), music and puppetry, made with decidedly adult ingredients.

Shrigley’s surreal humour is matched by the wit of Fennessy’s score, which is as sharp as the knives wielded by the disturbingly ecclesiastical butcher who supplies Spoon and Fork with tasty meat.

Original production by Magnetic North in collaboration with Red Note Ensemble and Tramway.

“Daft and instantly lovable”
★★★★ — The Guardian

“The most fun I’ve ever had at the opera”
★★★★ — The Independent

Price

From £25 (+£2.25 booking fee)

Venue
  • Howard Assembly Room

Age guidance and content warning
12+, contains strong language and adult humour

Running time
Approximately 1 hour 15 minutes

Language
Sung in English

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Digital (£4) or printed (£6 + £2.50 postage)

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£10 under 30s and children tickets
Free tickets for 16-20s in Leeds
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Hear from conductor Garry Walker
A man dressed as an egg performing on a stage set

Hear from conductor Garry Walker

“A piece that’s great fun for both performer and audience alike” — Garry Walker explains why Pass the Spoon might just be his favourite…

Cast & Creative

The Opera North Orchestra playing their instruments at a performance
Orchestra of Opera North
Amy J Payne

June Spoon

Xavier Hetherington

Phillip Fork

A black and white close-up headshot of Mark Nathan
Mark Nathan

Banana

A man with a shirt beard and slicked back hair in a shirt.
Frazer Scott

Mr Egg / Shit / Dung Beetle

A portrait of Peter van Hulle
Peter Van Hulle

The Butcher

Image of conductor Garry Walker
Garry Walker

Conductor

A portrait of Bek Palmer
Bek Palmer

Associate Designer

Nicholas Bone

Director & Design Concept

David Shrigley

Text, Design Concept & Costume Design

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