The Peacock Theatre in London has announced the UK premiere of TRASH! by award-winning Spanish theatre company Yllana and Toom Pak.
TRASH! will play the Peacock Theatre from 19 February to 1 March 2025.
This high-energy show is set in a recycling centre, where four creative workers give new life to waste and rubbish including propane tanks, umbrellas, balls, toolboxes, horns and bin bags by using percussion, movement and slapstick comedy in hilarious musical sketches.
TRASH! stars four talented artists including Aka Thiemele, Bruno Alves, Fran Mark and Gorka Gonzalez – hailing from Spain, the Ivory Coast and Uruguay.
Active participation and interaction encouraged during the performance, as audiences are invited to sing, dance and replicate rhythms with their bodies.
Also, each night two spectators are welcomed up to join the cast on stage and become a TRASH! musician for one night only.
Watch the TRASH! trailer
Musicality is a key part of TRASH! As well as percussion, the performers make their own instruments from everyday rubbish, drumming on propane tanks or tuning plastic bottles using compressed air, and audiences will recognise popular songs, including Beethoven’s ‘Für Elisa’. Sung a capella versions of pop and rock classics including ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘Stand by Me’ also form part of the evening, in a show that promises to surprise and entertain at every turn.
Founded in 1991, Yllana specialises in comedy and physical theatre, and TRASH! is created and co-directed by David Ottone (Yllana), Jony Elias and Gorka Gonzalez (Toom Pak).
TRASH! arrives in London following an acclaimed European tour.
David Ottone, Artistic Director said in a statement: “After a successful European tour, we are thrilled to be taking TRASH! to the heart of London, the Peacock Theatre. TRASH! is an energetic, inventive, humorous, and at times, downright wild stage show that seamlessly blends percussion, dance, acrobatics, live singing, and physical comedy and deals with the musical possibilities of our everyday waste. Come and enjoy the ride!”
David Fry, Peacock Theatre Programmer, said: “I am so excited for the UK premiere of TRASH! in London. Upon seeing the show during its European tour, I was carried away by the joyful silliness that the show creates, as was the rest of the audience, but more than this the talent of the four performers is what captivates from start to finish.”
TRASH! is playing at the Peacock Theatre from 19 February to 1 March 2025.
Book tickets to TRASH! at the Peacock Theatre London
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