Come Eat With Me కమ్ ఈట్ విత్ మీ

‘Come Eat With Me’ is an interdisciplinary theatre performance exploring the layered relationship between caste and food, culminating in a shared meal.

Through Dalit stories, histories and everyday resistance, ‘Come Eat With Me’ invites you on a sensory and emotional journey that unpacks themes of oppression and solidarity, grief and joy and the resilience of Oppressed Caste communities.

Intimate and participatory, ‘Come Eat With Me’ is rooted in lived experience and collective memory. The performance transforms the act of inter and intra-communal eating – a practice often shaped by caste hierarchies – into a space for reflection, connection and community building.

Concluding with a shared meal, this powerful and immersive experience reveals how culinary traditions can carry both historical trauma and the quiet triumphs of survival and resistance.

Show Duration: 
90 minutes, followed by dinner

Dinner Menu:
Chicken Curry
Andhra Style Lentil Soup (Vegan)
White Steamed Rice

Dietary Requirements:
If you have any food allergies or any special dietary requirements, please advise when purchasing your ticket.

Seating:
Floor and chair seating

Accessibility:
Please let us know of any accessibility requirements when purchasing your ticket.

Warnings: 
Themes of death, murder, discrimination and physical, emotional and social violence. Lights change colours and intensity.

About the artist

Sri Vamsi Matta, or simply Vamsi, is a Bangalore-based interdisciplinary theatre artist whose work is deeply informed by his Dalit identity, experiences, and the socio-political context of his location. As a member of a community historically marginalized and labeled “untouchable” within the Hindu caste system, Vamsi critically engages with oppressive structures and narratives affecting his community. 

His recent work includes ‘Star in the Sky’, a play that poignantly captures the struggles and resilience of Dalit students in Indian universities, exploring themes of pain, identity, and systemic discrimination. Developed under Indian Ensemble’s Idea Development Lab-First Draft program, the play was a runner-up for the Tata Lit Fest’s Sultan Padamsee Playwriting Award. The play opened on 26th April, 2025 

Vamsi co-founded OffStream, a Bangalore based arts collective supporting artists with an anti-caste lens, and building community around anti-caste histories and imaginations. He also co-founded Perishable Goods Collective, a transdisciplinary artist collective using food and art to challenge caste oppression and reclaim marginalized cultural narratives. 

GET TICKETS HERE: https://c-a-c.com.au/come-eat-with-me/