National Theatre | The Hot Wing King | 'I always give you choices' | National Theatre @NationalTheatre | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
It’s summertime in Memphis, Tennessee and the annual Hot Wing Contest is about to roll through. Cordell has his sights set on the crown this year, with the support of his partner Dwayne and friends, Isom and Big Charles.

Cordell’s culinary crew are getting ready to fire up his new mouth-watering ‘finna-be first-place’ recipe, when the arrival of an unexpected guest throws some extra heat up in the kitchen on prep night.

As the temperature rises and the sauce boils over, it seems a first-place trophy and a grand cash prize aren’t the only things Cordell risks losing. Can he take the heat, or will he have to get out the kitchen?

Kadiff Kirwan is Cordell, and Simon-Anthony Rhoden plays Dwayne in this hot new comedy told with the love language of food; about family, Black Masculinity, sexuality and the journey to finding home.

The Hot Wing King is playing in the Dorfman Theatre until 14 September.

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