When Anna’s estranged mother dies, she skips sitting shiva and immerses herself in Nigella Lawson’s seminal cookbook How To Eat, somehow summoning an imagined Nigella as her guide.

Folding together heartache and humour, Anna rediscovers the joys of living, learning, and—most importantly—eating, one recipe at a time.

Directed by Grace Taylor (In Clay), HOW TO MAKE A MESS is a delicious celebration of feeding yourself in every sense, through the exploration of recipes and the stories they hold. With a score that blends classic Broadway warmth with quirky, contemporary storytelling, this freshly-baked new musical serves up a bittersweet helping of grief, joy, and the question of what we leave behind.