Soft Butter: a trans fantasia on edible themes

A soft stick of butter, stored in a meat locker with a raw tongue and a moustache, yearns to be spread. Fusing absurdist camp with intimate poetry, Soft Butter queers the musical form and recalls the experience of growing up in a body (or identity) before having the language to express it.

This musical by é (2022 Relentless Award Honorable Mention) was developed at Ars Nova (ANT Fest 2018), Musical Theatre Factory (GYAT Residency 2018, 4x15 Series 2017), the O'Neill (Librettists Week 2017) and released as a demo album in 2019.