Come on an immersive underwater journey, meeting turtles through the waves, and exploring the impact of plastic on our oceans. Join Akademi for a beautiful, fun, and thought-provoking exploration of plastics and human’s relationship with them. Described by young audience members as “excellent and stunning”, “breath-taking and astonishing”, and “amazing and beautiful”.
Drawing on South Asian Dance techniques, Plastic Drastic Fantastic is ‘highly visual’, with choreography that ‘simply sparkles’. It is ‘gorgeous’ (Mary Pollard, Everything Theatre).
Designed to be accessible for D/deaf audiences, Plastic Drastic Fantastic is a vibrant, fun and thought-provoking show for our time.
There are a limited number of sensory cushions available for the performance that are designed to be held by audiences who are D/deaf or with a hearing impairment, offering an additional sensory experience of the show. The sensory cushions are soft objects that pulsate to the beat and respond to tonal qualities of the music and sounds. To book one of these cushions, please add it to your basket during the checkout process.
Co-produced with Polka Theatre.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Please note, when using a discount code, this will be applied once you have clicked the ‘checkout’ button. If you have any queries, please call our friendly box office team on 01473 295230.
*Standard Ticket £14 (includes one adult and one child) Please select each seat separately at the booking stage.
Additional Adult: £8
Additional Child: £6
A £25 family ticket will be automatically applied to your basket if you select one of the following combinations: one standard ticket and two additional children, or two standard tickets.
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