Too Many Cooks

Welcome to the world’s noisiest kitchen, where everything is not as it seems. An inventive, playful and sensory experience for 2-5 year olds, where pots and pans cook up melodies and food becomes fun.

“They both loved it! Completely engaged throughout.

Audience member

Welcome to the world’s noisiest kitchen, where everything is not as it seems. Two cooks are preparing a special dish… it’s very loud and very messy and very… musical?

An inventive, playful and sensory experience for 2-5 year olds, where pots and pans cook up melodies and food becomes fun.

Too Many Cooks was created as part of the Playground Residency Project in 2013, developed from artist Nik Paget-Thomlinson’s time in residency at McCready Nursery, East Renfrewshire.

The Playground, saw two artists embedded in two communities in Scotland, Barrhead in East Renfrewshire and Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. In partnership with Renfrewshire Council and South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture, Jen Edgar and Nik Paget-Thomlinson were selected to work in these communities, engaging with very young children in nurseries and community centres to explore, play and create experiences for this age range and their carers. To conclude the project, both artists produced a performance.

Artists
Nik Paget-Tomlinson & Hazel Darwin-Edwards

I loved it too. Very entertaining and so enjoyable to watch my children’s reactions.

Audience member

...it was great to see a kids show that had so much attention to details and was of a high standard.

Audience member

The music and using kitchen utensils – all very familiar objects to kids.

Audience member

Project Supporters
The Playground
East Renfrewshire Council
South Lanarkshire Leisure & Culture
Creative Scotland

Tour, 2013
Friday 5 July | Eastwood Park Early Years Festival: Greenbank Gardens, off Flenders Road, Clarkston
Saturday 6 July | Eastwood Park Early Years Festival: Auchenback Resource Centre (ARC)
Sunday 7 July | Eastwood Park Early Years Festival: Eastwood Park Theatre
Wednesday 10 July | Platform
Thursday 11 July | Carnegie Hall
Tuesday 16 July | The Town House, Hamilton
Wednesday 17 July | Rutherglen Town Hall
Friday 19 July | ArtSpace, Craigmillar
Tuesday 23 July | East Kilbride Arts Centre
Wednesday 24 July | Lanark Memorial Hall
Thursday 25 July | Mearns Library
Friday 26 July | Eaglesham Library
Saturday 28 September | Wigtown Book Festival Children’s Marquee