Sheets of white paper lie on the floor of a warehouse. On each sheet there's a different sized pile of rice with writing beneath. A performer leans over an empty sheet
Credit Ed Dimsdale
Film & Visual Arts

Of All The People In All The World

Stan's Cafe
Sat 7 - Wed 11 Sep 2024
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'an installation-cum-performance from one of our most tirelessly inventive theatre companies' – The Guardian 

For this beautifully simple performance, Stan’s Cafe convert human population statistics into a landscape of labelled rice piles in which one grain = one person. In this way numbers once abstract and difficult to grasp are given physical scale, become easy to understand and gain a powerful emotional kick.

By arranging these statistics in careful relationship to each other Stan’s Cafe create a piece that is politically engaged, subtly witty, shocking and humane. It is educational, poetic and provocative. Audiences regularly laugh out loud, admit to being brought to the edge of tears and leave saying this installation has changed the way in which they look at the world.

Witty, at times overwhelming and always thought-provoking. It is well worth going out of your way to see it. Wonderful.’ – The Times

Installation Introduction

A close up of a hand, palm up. Written on the palm is the word 'me' with an arrow pointing to a circled grain of rice.
Old fashioned weighing scales sat next to a metal bowl of rice, with a metal scoop in it.
In a darkened room, a person is visible, standing amongst large piles of rice, lit by spotlights
In a bright, white room with large windows, a man stands, with his hands behind his back. He is looking down at a pile of rice. Around him are other piles of rice, spotting around across the floor.
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A close up of a hand, palm up. Written on the palm is the word 'me' with an arrow pointing to a circled grain of rice.
Old fashioned weighing scales sat next to a metal bowl of rice, with a metal scoop in it.
In a darkened room, a person is visible, standing amongst large piles of rice, lit by spotlights
In a bright, white room with large windows, a man stands, with his hands behind his back. He is looking down at a pile of rice. Around him are other piles of rice, spotting around across the floor.

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