Peak Stuff

A messed-up show for messed-up times

Alice is done with fast fashion. Ben can’t stop buying trainers. And Charlie just wants to sell out… one organ at a time. Peak Stuff features three fast-paced, funny, f***ed-up stories, taking a deep-dive into consumer culture. In an age of thrifting, retail therapy, climate crisis and click and collect – how does ‘stuff’ define us? And do we know when to stop?

Award-winning theatre company ThickSkin have teamed up with the writing talents of Billie Collins (Too Much World at Once) to produce one of the most visually thrilling and inventive shows you will see this year.

Underscored by live drumming and featuring a spectacular video design, one actor plays three characters trying to save the world or themselves. Multiple stories collide to chip away at the role consumer culture plays in shaping our identity. Directed by ThickSkin’s Neil Bettles (How Not To Drown, The Unreturning), Peak Stuff is a cautionary tale for modern times.

“Digitally, visually and musically astonishing storytelling.” (Audience Member)

“[I feel] creatively invigorated after watching.” (Audience Member)

“Evidence that Billie Collins is one of the most prescient and exciting young voices in theatre today.” (Audience Member)

Commissioned by ThickSkin and Lawrence Batley Theatre

Winner of the New Play Commission Scheme (Writers’ Guild of Great Britain)