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See shifting landscapes of rice

Grains of truth

Conceived by Artistic Director James Yarker, the performance straddles the line between theatre and art, presenting a hauntingly beautiful and constantly shifting landscape of rice.Μύ The show captures the sheer vastness of the population, bringing to life previously incomprehensible statistics to tell a visceral story of the world's people, politics, history and current affairs.

Be shocked, amazed and amused

Witty and shocking

Performers in lab coats will be meticulously weighing out rice onto sheets of white paper to show surprising juxtapositions from the shocking and thought provoking to the celebratory, witty and bizarre.Μύ Examples include the number of millionaires in the world next to the number of refugees (surprisingly similar), and those who went down on the Titanic compared with those involved in making the film Titanic.

A grain of rice for every person in the world

The show was first performed as a 'UK' version in Coventry in 2003, when the entire population of Britain was represented using one tonne of rice.Μύ The show has now been seen all over the world in many different versions - the population of different countries, different cities, of Europe and of the Americas.Μύ The largest 'World' version of the show, then needing 104 tonnes of rice, has only been presented once before in Stuttgart in 2005.

Human statistics in rice

See the show for free at Artsfest

Cllr Ray Hassall, Cabinet Member for Leisure, Sport and Culture said, "After funding the development of this piece back in 2003, Birmingham City Council is delighted to be supporting Stan’s Cafe to bring this astounding show back to Birmingham, where people will be able to see it as part of the country’s biggest free arts festival."