Georgina Tyson and Dongni Liang: An Inquest Concerning Teeth: Crisp Buttys and Storytelling

An Inquest Concerning Teeth: Crisp Buttys and Storytelling

is a writing workshop that uses crisp butties to inspire creative writing through a series of writing exercises and eating. Participants will be able to create their perfect crisp butty using crisps sourced from Chung Wah, a local supermarket that stocks crisps in flavours such as lamb shawarma, spicy hot pot, and cucumber, to put on bread bought from Wild Loaf, a local bakery, and some homemade condiments made by Heavy Digestations. We will use crisp butties to begin conversations around accessibility and affordability of food, class, how disability affects our eating habits, and the traditions and memories food holds for us. We will source the ingredients from local businesses to promote shopping small, local, and slow. This workshop is open to writers of all abilities.

Produced by: Georgina Tyson and Dongni Liang

Food by: Heavy Digestations

Facilitated by: Chandana Das

“Chandana Das is a writer and teacher from the Wirral. She is an English graduate from Liverpool University and holds an MA in Creative Writing from LJMU. She has run writing workshops for young people with SEMH and was a runner-up at Liverpool’s Pulp Idol Writing Competition. Her writing interests include memory, duality, and the female experience and she is currently working on her first novel. She loves dark, complicated stories and has never met a cat she didn’t like. She lives on the Wirral with her husband, children, and various Pets.

Her favourite crisp butty is made with two slices of white bread, spread with Philadelphia cheese, filled with a pack of Skips and a slice of Gouda; all covered in with Hellman’s Mayonnaise.”

More than just space, TRS is a community that makes a career as an artist in Liverpool a viable and accessible option through access to a support network and development opportunities through our local and national networks.

We aim to support outstanding emerging and mid-career artists by providing the highest quality, affordable studio spaces within a supportive community. Our programme includes public exhibitions, residencies, exchanges, critiques, research, events, training and community activities. We currently support over 40 artists through our studio membership and residency scheme. Our mission is to support artists to create sustainable and viable careers in the North West.

Founded in 2006 in a small pub in Dingle, The Royal Standard originally emerged from the need for a middle ground in Liverpool — somewhere in between smaller DIY grassroots arts incentives and larger institutions. In 2008, The Royal Standard undertook an ambitious relocation and expansion into a larger industrial space on the Northern periphery of the City Centre to a site on Vauxhall Road, relaunching to acclaim for the Liverpool Biennial 2008, which coincided with the city’s year as European Capital of Culture. Read more about our history.

Since then, we have thrived on account of the hard work of our team and local artists, and are now situated in our third, most ambitious location in the Baltic Triangle. Over the years, we have delivered a multitude of exhibitions and events spanning 322 days open to the public, working with 429 different artists and creatives, and welcoming over 10,000 audience members through our doors.