The Many Lives of PET #1

Thought provoking and hilarious in equal measure. Everyone needs to see this show!
Audience Member

A complicated comedy about a plastic bottle. Made to be enjoyed by adults (and children as well).

Poor old PET #1. Distantly related to pre historical plankton, used and cast aside every day, desperate not to be buried or cremated, now they’re at the heart of an almighty row between Big Business, Government and Joe Public who all love them and hate them at the same time. And that’s before the cousins #2 – #7 come on the scene!

Stan’s Cafe’s tabletop drama dives deep into the world of plastic.

Don’t lose your bottle.

Age guidance: 8+

Tour Dates

Greenbelt Festival Boughton House
Saturday 23 August

Schools & Community Tour

The Exchange Centenary Square
Saturday 29th March, 13:00* & 16:00

Sector 57 Digbeth
Monday 31st March, 19:30

Quinborne Community Centre Quinton
Tuesday 1st April, 19:00

Stirchley Baths Stirchley
Wednesday 2nd April, 19:30

Northfield Baptist Church Northfield
Thursday 3rd April, 19:00

St. Andrews Church Handsworth
Friday 4th April, 19:30*

Kings Heath Community Centre Kings Heath
Saturday 5th April, 14:00

The Erdington Social Club Erdington
Saturday 5th April, 19:30

The Springfield Project Moseley
Monday 7th April, 19:30

Birmingham Settlement Sports & Community Centre Kingstanding
Tuesday 8th April, 18:30*

Hockley Social Club Hockley
Wednesday 9th April, 19:30

The Steam Yard, Stourbridge
Thursday 10th April, 7:30
CANCELLED

Coventry Boys & Girls Club Coventry
Friday 11th April, 19:30

Balsall Heath Second Saturday Balsall Heath
Saturday 12th April, 12:00* & 16:00
* = BSL Interpreted Show

Credits

Devised and Performed by: Aizah Khan, Craig Stephens & Jack Trow
Directed by: Lori Hopkins & James Yarker
Text: James Yarker
Puppets: Ceridwen Brown
Produced by: Dominic Thompson
Commissioned by: The Birmingham Plastics Network (University of Birmingham)
In the Stan’s Cafe office: Beth Crossley & Michelle Smith
Production photographs: Graeme Braidwood
Tour photographs: Stan’s Cafe
Flyer & Poster Design: Simon Ford

With support from: Chemists’ Community Fund (Royal Society Of Chemistry), Lenovo, The Royal Society, The Sir Barry Jackson Trust

Download the original programme notes here.

Absolutely brilliant. Beautifully funny script, informative, thought provoking, provocative, wonderfully acted!
Audience Member

Well paced, fluent and well acted – kept attention while imparting a great deal of information. The puppets are an excellent device!
Audience Member

Schools Work

As part of pre-production Stan’s Cafe and The Birmingham Plastics Network toured a workshop to eight secondary schools. Year 10 students, as part of their GCSE science curriculum, learnt about the history, chemistry, ecology and possible future of plastics. Student responses to this workshop then fed into The Many Lives Of PET #1 which toured to the schools as a form of revision. The show performed to schools in the afternooon and at community venues in the evenings.