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Info & Tour Dates
Three fast-paced, funny stories about consumer culture
by Billie Collins
Winner of New Play Commission Scheme
(Writers’ Guild of Great Britain)
Alice is done with fast fashion.
Ben can’t stop buying trainers.
And Charlie just wants to sell out… one organ at a time.
In an age of retail therapy, climate crisis and click and collect - how does our 'stuff' define us? And have we reached peak stuff?
Award-winning theatre company ThickSkin have teamed up with local playwright Billie Collins (Too Much World At Once and BBC's Malory Towers) to produce one of the most visually thrilling and inventive shows you will see this year.
Using live drumming and spectacular video design, this is a timely show for anyone who has ever made an ill-fated impulsive purchase! Directed by ThickSkin’s Neil Bettles (How Not To Drown, Frantic Assembly’s The Unreturning and Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks), Peak Stuff is a tale for modern times.
Touring the UK from February 2024.
Age Guidance: Suitable for age 14 +.
Running time: Approximately 75 minutes, there is no interval.
Advisory notes: Contains occasional strong language, flashing images and loud music.
DATES AND TICKETS 2024
The Edge Arena
Riveredge, Wigan, WN3 5AB
Thursday 1 - Friday 2 February 2024 (previews)
Box office: 0161 532 5254 | peakstuff.uk
Chichester Festival Theatre (Minerva Theatre)
Oaklands Way, Chichester, PO19 6AP
Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 February 2024
Box office: 01243 781312 | cft.org.uk
Blackpool Grand Theatre
33 Church Street, Blackpool, FY1 1HT
Monday 19 February 2024
Box Office 01253 290190 | blackpoolgrand.co.uk
Lawrence Batley Theatre
Queen Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2SP
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Box office: 01484 430528 | thelbt.org
The Dukes (The Rake)
Moor Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1QE
Thursday 22 February 2024
Box office: 01524 598500 | dukeslancaster.org
Northcott Theatre
Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QB
Tuesday 27 - Wednesday 28 February 2024
Box office: 01392 726363 | exeternorthcott.co.uk
Traverse Theatre
10 Cambridge St, Edinburgh, EH1 2ED
Friday 1 - Saturday 2 March 2024
Box office: 0131 228 1404 | traverse.co.uk
Theatre Royal Bath (The Egg)
36 Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 2AN
Tuesday 5 - Wednesday 6 March 2024
Box office: 01225 448844 | theatreroyal.org.uk
Lincoln Arts Centre
Brayford Pool, University of Lincoln, LN6 7TS
Thursday 14 - Friday 15 March 2024
Box office: 01522 837600 | lincolnartscentre.co.uk
The North Wall
South Parade, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7JN
Tuesday 19 - Wednesday 20 March 2024
Box office: 01865 319 450 | thenorthwall.com
Belgrade Theatre
Belgrade Square, Coventry, CV1 1GS.
Thursday 21 - Friday 22 March 2024
Box office: 024 7655 3055 | belgrade.co.uk
A ThickSkin Production.
Commissioned by ThickSkin and Lawrence Batley Theatre.
Supported by Shakespeare North Playhouse and Wigan Council.
Winner of the New Play Commission Scheme.
