Rani Moorthy

Written and performed by Rani Moorthy, Looking for Kool is a journey of one woman's life and the heavy price of war, performed through the secret labyrinth of one of Southbank Centre's underground spaces, not normally open to the public.

Having witnessed her world turned upside down, Mrs U has retreated to her underground bunker, The Coconut Grove. She has survived war on her wits and on kool, the stew that gave comfort during famine, crisis and bound her community for generations.

Kool now connects her to the past and to her family scattered around the world.

Confronting her death, she hijacks some war tourists, taking them on a journey. She recounts the beauty of her bittersweet life, her guilt and loss.

In return they must fulfil an agonising request...