ABOUT

Join us…for an expansive, sticky-sweet evening of performance in celebration of CAKE -

As desire,

As nostalgia,

As hilarity, joy, fetish, and a vehicle for food justice.

Expect an unpredictable mix of drag, movement artists, improvised music, and of course... cake.

We have invited some of Sheffield's greatest composers, improvisers, movement artists and drag artists to celebrate the joy of cake - in a three-part narrative arc exploring desire, creation and gluttony.

Come for the mess, stay for the magic.

CAST

Directed by Lou Barnell & Zebedee C. Budworth

Starring Lou Barnell, Zebedee C. Budworth, Harriet Green, Rachel Gay, Ruth Webber, Oli Julian, Rhiannon Scutt, Philippe Clegg, Hot Pot Drag , Hazel Thompson

All music by Lou Barnell, Zebedee C. Budworth and Oli Julian



Lou Barnell
 is an award-winning vocalist, composer and performance artist, one of Sound and Music's New Voices 2022 Composers, and Manchester Jazz Festival Resident 2024 and 2025. In recognition of innovation in sound and technology, she was inner of the 2021 Oram Awards, supported by The PRS Foundation and BBC Radiophonic Institute. Her works been released on Accidental Records, The Lumen Lake and Pearlhome. Features include BBC Radio 6 BBC Radio 3, and Radio 1, Electronic Sound Magazine, Louder Than War, The Quietus and The Guardian. 

Lou curates radio for Rinse FM, NTS Radio, Resonance FM, British Airways and Aer Lingus. 
She has performed at major international festivals and toured extensively. 


Zebedee C. Budworth 
is an award-winning composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. His work spans film and advertising, notably scoring The Thing With Feathers (starring Benedict Cumberbatch) and Meet Me In The Bathroom (both Sundance premieres). Featured on BBC Radio and Sex Education, his music has earned praise from Pitchfork and NME. He’s performed across major UK festivals, Europe, and Japan.