Chicken Curry, Spiced with Memorable Stories

Key points

• Joshua Hinton's play A Place in the Sultan's Kitchen blends live cooking, music and storytelling into an exploration of identity and belonging. Staged at the Sydney Opera House, the production follows Hinton's family across countries and faiths as he prepares his grandmother's chicken curry on stage.
• The play explores migration, grief and the pressure to fit in. Hinton's brother Dominic contributes technical work and occasional performance.
• The show ends with Hinton's answer to where he is from: "I come from the 'Gong."