BIN RAT!!! a fun, feral, family comedy
Touring outdoors spring/summer 2026
A rat-astic and realistic look into refuse and recycling. Rummage through the rubble with Bin Rat and her friends to discover where all the junk goes! Scrape scraps off the streets and find out what literally happens to litter in this fun, feral, family show.
Bin Rat is an outdoor interactive theatre & puppetry show that explores our relationship with our waste and where it goes, and asks the question: is tidiness really the answer?
“Bin Rat was superb! The show was fantastic – high energy, colourful and engaging, well received by our family audiences. Highly recommended!”
Adam Laughton, Director of Frome Festival
Tour Dates for summer 2026 below
Bin Rat is an outdoor interactive theatre & puppetry show that explores our relationship with our waste and where it goes, and asks the question: is tidiness really the answer?
“Bin Rat was superb! The show was fantastic – high energy, colourful and engaging, well received by our family audiences. Highly recommended!”
Adam Laughton, Director of Frome Festival
Tour Dates for summer 2026 below
Tour dates summer 2026
4.30pm, Fri 5th June, Leintwardine Centre, High St, Leintwardine (Arts Alive) Booking here
1pm & 3.35pm, Sat 6th June, Unwrapped Festival, Leigh Road Recreation Ground, Eastleigh - Info here
11.15 & 3.40pm, Sun 7th June, Unwrapped Festival, Greta Park, Hedge End - Info here
11am & 1pm, Sat 13th June, Little Lyric, Hammersmith - Booking here
11.30 & 1.30pm, Sun 14th June, -Turner Sims Summer Festival, Southhampton - Info here
1pm & 3.13pm, Sat 20th June, Memo Arts Centre, Barry - Booking here
12noon & 3pm, Festival of Leisure, Maurice Lea Memorial Park, Swadlincote - Info here
Sat 4th July, Basingstoke Festival - Info here
Sun 5th July, Basingstoke Festival - Info here
2pm, Sun 2nd August, The Garden Festival, Tewksbury - Info here
11am and 2pm, Fri 7th August, Four Fun Fridays, Andover - Info coming soon
11.30am & 2pm, Sun 9th August, Theatre in the Park (Exeter Phoenix) - Booking here
11am & 1.30pm, Thurs 13th August, Staines Festival - Info here
11am & 2pm, Sun 27th Sept, North Wall, Tiny Ideas Festival, Oxford - Booking coming soon
4.30pm, Fri 5th June, Leintwardine Centre, High St, Leintwardine (Arts Alive) Booking here
1pm & 3.35pm, Sat 6th June, Unwrapped Festival, Leigh Road Recreation Ground, Eastleigh - Info here
11.15 & 3.40pm, Sun 7th June, Unwrapped Festival, Greta Park, Hedge End - Info here
11am & 1pm, Sat 13th June, Little Lyric, Hammersmith - Booking here
11.30 & 1.30pm, Sun 14th June, -Turner Sims Summer Festival, Southhampton - Info here
1pm & 3.13pm, Sat 20th June, Memo Arts Centre, Barry - Booking here
12noon & 3pm, Festival of Leisure, Maurice Lea Memorial Park, Swadlincote - Info here
Sat 4th July, Basingstoke Festival - Info here
Sun 5th July, Basingstoke Festival - Info here
2pm, Sun 2nd August, The Garden Festival, Tewksbury - Info here
11am and 2pm, Fri 7th August, Four Fun Fridays, Andover - Info coming soon
11.30am & 2pm, Sun 9th August, Theatre in the Park (Exeter Phoenix) - Booking here
11am & 1.30pm, Thurs 13th August, Staines Festival - Info here
11am & 2pm, Sun 27th Sept, North Wall, Tiny Ideas Festival, Oxford - Booking coming soon
2025 Tour Dates
Sunday 11th May, 2pm at Found Outdoors nr Devizes
Saturday 31st May, 1pm at Salisbury Arts centre, Salisbury International Festival
Sunday 1st June at St Nicholas Church Field, Radstock Fayre
Saturday 5th July, 12 noon & 3pm at Hat Fair, Winchester, in the Abbey Gardens
Sunday 6th July, 11am & 2pm at Frome Festival, at Tower View @ the Key Centre
Saturday 12th July, 2pm at Swindon Town Gardens Concert Bowl
Saturday 19th July, 11am & 2pm at Farnham Maltings
Thursday 24th July, Buckfastleigh with Villages in Action
Sunday 27th July, 11am & 2pm at Queen's Square Clevedon (by the Theatre Shop)
Monday 28th July, 2pm at Pocket Park, Calne
Thursday 31st July, 11am & 2pm at Windmill City Farm, Bristol
Sunday 10th August, 2pm Cloister Gardens, Malmesbury
Wednesday 20th August, 2pm at MAC Birmingham
Saturday 23rd August, 11am & 2pm, Corsham Almshouses, Pound Arts
Sunday 11th May, 2pm at Found Outdoors nr Devizes
Saturday 31st May, 1pm at Salisbury Arts centre, Salisbury International Festival
Sunday 1st June at St Nicholas Church Field, Radstock Fayre
Saturday 5th July, 12 noon & 3pm at Hat Fair, Winchester, in the Abbey Gardens
Sunday 6th July, 11am & 2pm at Frome Festival, at Tower View @ the Key Centre
Saturday 12th July, 2pm at Swindon Town Gardens Concert Bowl
Saturday 19th July, 11am & 2pm at Farnham Maltings
Thursday 24th July, Buckfastleigh with Villages in Action
Sunday 27th July, 11am & 2pm at Queen's Square Clevedon (by the Theatre Shop)
Monday 28th July, 2pm at Pocket Park, Calne
Thursday 31st July, 11am & 2pm at Windmill City Farm, Bristol
Sunday 10th August, 2pm Cloister Gardens, Malmesbury
Wednesday 20th August, 2pm at MAC Birmingham
Saturday 23rd August, 11am & 2pm, Corsham Almshouses, Pound Arts
Creative team
Devised by the company
Gwen Scott - Direction
Tiff Woodsmith - Writer / Dramaturg
Tristan Green - Performer & deviser
Lucy Harrington- Performer & deviser
Philippa Hambly - Performer & deviser
Sidney Robb - Assistant direction
Laura McEwen - Design
Aisha Ali - Composition
Lucy Thynne - Choreography
Carter Cordwell - Puppet Maker
Made with production support from Kate Raw & Martin Campbell
Photos by Rob Auckland
Devised by the company
Gwen Scott - Direction
Tiff Woodsmith - Writer / Dramaturg
Tristan Green - Performer & deviser
Lucy Harrington- Performer & deviser
Philippa Hambly - Performer & deviser
Sidney Robb - Assistant direction
Laura McEwen - Design
Aisha Ali - Composition
Lucy Thynne - Choreography
Carter Cordwell - Puppet Maker
Made with production support from Kate Raw & Martin Campbell
Photos by Rob Auckland
Supported by Arts Council England, Pound Arts, the Wallace Curzon Charitable Trust and the Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust.