The Boy Who Kicked Pigs returns to The Lowry

Kill The Beast’s sell-out stage adaption of Tom Baker’s terrifying cult novel makes a triumphant return to The Lowry for one night only. Grossly comical, The Boy Who Kicked Pigs tells the story of Robert Caligari, a thirteen-year-old whose nasty habit of doing just that has finally caught up with him. Featuring talking piggybanks, a boy eaten by rats, shark mutilation and weedkiller cornflakes, it’s not quite what you’d expect from a typical kids’ show but it’s brilliantly imaginative, if not a little twisted. Hailed by What’s On Stage in their five star review as ‘inventive, clever, gruesome and hilarious,’ you’ll be kicking yourself if you miss it.

Sat 14 Sep, The Lowry, The Quays, Salford, M50 3AZ,Tel: 0843 208 6000, 8pm, £13, www.thelowry.com