A man in a chef uniform is behind a table with various food items, wearing blue kitchen gloves and cutting something.

Sean Wai Keung - The Meal Deal

 

Hand-Pulled
Sean Wai Keung

Tickets

Thur 16 April | T4
12:00am - 7.08pm
Info: 15 mins, 1-on-1 slots.
Access Key: V

Hand-Pulled is an intimate, silent, durational cookery performance lasting eight hours, eight minutes and eight seconds. Inspired by Chinese numerology, as well as the average length of a kitchen shift, within this specific time-frame the audience may book a 1-on-1 slot to join Sean as he cooks noodle-dishes from scratch. There is also a chance to wordlessly communicate with Sean through ‘ordering’ a dish from him via a menu system based around rocks and drawings, after which you can either eat in front of him as he cooks, or take your food away with you to eat elsewhere. Hand-Pulled looks to use the natural and genuine performance of hospitality and food in order to communicate stories of labour and identity, with a specific nod to Sean’s own family history of migration and food-work.

Schedule:

Please visit the ticket link to see the full schedule.

Credits:

Performed & Devised by Sean Wai Keung

Content Notes:
Use of food/feeding, Gluten and Racial Discrimination/Racism.

Allergens:

Homemade Noodles: Flour [gluten], water, salt, Vegetable Oil

Optional toppings:

  • Fresh spring onions

  • Homemade Chilli Oil: Vegetable Oil, Red Chillies, Chilli Flakes, Bay Leaves, Salt, Star Anise, Sugar

  • A bottle of soy sauce on the customer table

 
A man in a flowery shirt stands on stage behind a table containing various tupperwares, gazing outwards.

Photo credit: Angela Legg

Sean Wai Keung is a performance, food and poetry maker based in Glasgow. His work is often rooted in themes of hospitality and identity, inspired by his own family history of migration and community. His cookery performance A History of Fortune Cookies received the Autopsy Award from Feral Arts and Summerhall in 2024 and he has also worked on other food-related performances at places like Tramway, ARC Stockton and Volcano Theatre, Swansea. Sean’s debut full-length poetry collection sikfan glaschu was published by Verve Poetry Press in 2021 and he was also part of the Cove Park-Varuna Residency Exchange programme in 2025, during which he spent a month at the National Writers’ House of Australia. Sean has no formal cookery training.