A group of people sit around a table with a black table cloth, each is looking urgent and one has his hand raised. Others beyond the table look on. A red digital clock in the top right corner of the image reads 00:01:18

The Money®

A group of complete strangers has 60 minutes to agree how to spend a pot of real cash. If the Players run out of time, then the money rolls over to the next show. If they agree, then they get to take the money away and spend it. 

But, the watching audience can buy their way in at any moment, right up until the last second, and that can change everything…

 

★★★★

The Stage

Tense, unpredictable and resonant, with the potential for sudden reversals and radical acts of kindness

★★★★

The Daily Telegraph

A fiendish clever show, that tests your generosity

★★★★

The Guardian

This deceptively simple piece is definitely on the money. It turns conversation into urgent, playful theatre

Matt Trueman

The best piece of game-theatre I’ve encountered

Lyn Gardner

As much drama in the unfolding scenario as there is in any play you've ever seen

★★★★

North West End UK

A playful urgent piece of interactive theatre

★★★★

Broadway World

My faith in strangers was restored

The Age Melbourne

The Money could be the greatest reality TV show that hasn’t happened yet

The Money has been performed on 5 continents…

…and in some of the world’s most prestigious venues including Sydney Opera House, UK Houses of Parliament, Lagos City Hall, Lisbon City Hall, Melbourne’s Victoria Parliament, City of London’s Guildhall, London’s County Hall, Tianjin’s Grand Theatre and many more.

 

How to Play

Become a Player by donating as much as you can. Work with other Players to decide what to spend the group’s money on. You have 1 hour to come to a decision. If you don’t decide unanimously in the allotted time you relinquish your privilege to spend the money and the money rolls over to the next group of Players.

If you’re the quiet observing type you can become a Silent Witness and watch as the group of Players attempt to decide how to spend the money they’ve donated. And if you want to voice your opinion you can always become a Player and buy your way in.

Spend the money on whatever you want. Be as creative as you like.

Credits

A Kaleider Production

Conceived and Directed by Seth Honnor

Collaborating Artist: Alice Tatton-Brown

Touring production Manager: Jay Kerry

Current and past performers: Nao Nagai, Laila Diallo, Irene Xochitl Urrutia, Lucy Cassidy, Seeta Patel, Gemma Paintin, Jessica MacDonald, Olivia Winteringham, Angie Bual, Kelly Marie Miller, Ria Hartley, Hanora Kamen, Alice Tatton-Brown, Frankie Snowdon, Peter Vanderford, Jonny Rowden, Emily Williams (also producer 2013 – 2016), and the late Paul Bull.

The Money Dates >

 

 

A giant plastic see-through pig sits on a grey plinth. It faces a beautiful sunset of orange. Inside the plastic pig is a red LED sign which reads '#ThePig'.

Pig

Pig is a large transparent pig. Inside it is a sign that reads: “This is a community fund. You can contribute to it if you like, and when you’ve agreed how to spend it you can open me and spend it. #ThePig”

And that is it.

Pig was conceived by Kaleider’s Artistic Director, Seth Honnor collaborating with Owen Gundry on pig’s fabrication. It has been commissioned by European partnership In-Situ, which brings together some of Europe’s most significant arts festivals and programmes.

Pig premiered at Norfolk & Norwich Festival in May 2018, before touring internationally.

 

Utterly fascinating reactions from passers by. More smart work from the creators of The Money and one which puts its trust in people and thinks the best not the worst of them.

Lyn Gardner, Writer for The Stage and Novelist

Bring Pig to your city, festival, beach, town, community…

Pig is available for international touring. And we’d love to see it travel far and wide. If you’re interested just send us a message via our contact page and one of our Producing team will be happy to get back to you with further details.

Pigzine.com

To follow Pig all over the world log on to pigzine.com where our team of young reporters (10 – 19 year olds), led by Natasha Batorijs, will be documenting everything they can find out about Pig.

Sometimes our reporters travel with Pig, but sometimes they can’t. So you can help. Whatever your age, you can upload your own stories, images and videos to pigzine.com Our reporters would love to hear from you.

Find out where you can encounter Pig:

Pig Touring dates >

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PIG, an IN SITU Pilot project, has received a creation aid by the ACT project, cofunded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. The co-producers are Atelier 231 (FR), Festival di Terni (IT), Freedom Festival (UK), La Strada Graz (AT), Lieux publics (FR), Norfolk & Norwich Festival (UK), Østfold kulturutvikling (NO), Oerol Festival (NL), Theater op de Markt (BE), UZ Arts (UK).