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'Margaret Fulton is more than just our national cooking matriarch, she is a living legend. Her life story is full of the ingredients needed to make a musical. Doug MacLeod (head writer and producer of The Comedy Company and Fast Forward) and Yuri Worontschak (composer of everything from Fast Forward to Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell) collaborate with the Present Tense ensemble (Chants Des Catacombes) to bring her unique and surprising story to the stage, in this culinary musical experience.'

Source: Theatre Works website, www.theatreworks.org.au (sighted 05/11/2012)

Production Details

First produced at Theatre Works, St Kilda, Victoria. Preview performances: 16 -20 November 2012; season performances: 21 November - 1 December 2012.

Directors: Bryce Ives and Nathan Gilkes.

Composer: Yuri Worontschak.

Collaborating Artists: Nicola Andrews, Andrew Bellchambers, Nathan Gilkes, David Harford, Jack Howard, Bryce IVes, and Marcello LoRicco.

Produced by Jally Entertainment at Arts Centre Melbourne, 15-19 September 2020.

Director: Aarne Neeme.

Musical Director: Meg Kiddle.

Lighting Designer: Travis MacFarlane.

Choreographer: Dan Venz.

Scheduled to be presented by Jally Entertainment at The Capital, Bendigo, on 14 August 2021.

Production postponed, but not initially cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rescheduled for presentation at The Capital, Bendigo, on 13 August 2022.

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Light, Sweet and Tasty as Befits a Kitchen Queen Chris Boyd , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 23 November 2012; (p. 14)
— Review of Margaret Fulton : Queen of the Dessert Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work musical theatre

From Super Cook to Show Stopper Mary-Jane Daffy , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6th November 2012; (p. 11)
— Review of Margaret Fulton : Queen of the Dessert Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work musical theatre

Musical Sooths the Dessert Storm Liza Power , 2012-3 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 3 November 2012; (p. 17)
— Review of Margaret Fulton : Queen of the Dessert Doug MacLeod , 2012 single work musical theatre