"Supper Freak" - Immersive Dining Experience

  • Munotida Chinyanga

Supper Freak: the 70s inspired immersive dining experience showcasing positive black history. Supper Freak is the new immersive dining show, proving that theatre can be fun, inclusive and well-rounded. At a time when it’s easy to be disconnected from theatre – which can be an exclusionary environment for people of colour and feel like one eternal run of Shakespearean drivel – immersive theatre flings the audience right into the centre of the story. It puts the onus on us to actively make the most of the experience. Set in 70s New York, Supper Freak is a deep dive into funk and soul club culture, based around the famous Club Paradise. The story centres around two girls, Angela and Grace who sneak into Don Chamberlin’s famous night club, in the hopes of performing in their soul train dance competition. The play investigates the black American experience and how the music of that era was grounded in radicalism and liberation. And we the audience are the guests, following the story whilst we dine.