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Escape From Planet Trash, Pleasance Theatre London
Queer sci-fi extravaganza is a hugely entertaining Christmas show
Subversive sci-fi: Escape from Planet Trash
[Ali Wright]
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IF YOU'RE not a fan of traditional pantomime and fancy a portion of malevolent turkey with your festive theatre, get down to the Pleasance Theatre and tuck into Escape From Planet Trash.
A bonkers, energetic and highly entertaining space opera from Sink the Pink, it features intergalactic drag, a touching inter-species love story and the always fabulous Lavinia Coop as a talking turd.
Set in the not-too-distant future, in which Earth is now a planet covered in garbage, it has Ginger and Sonny eking out a life among the trash. When Captain Houston and Private PP turn up, a possibly brighter future emerges. But the planet's turkeys have a different plan — revenge.
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