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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jessica Murray

It’s no teddy bear’s picnic: the football mascot showing how local politics works

Bordesley, a giant teddy bear football mascot, in Stan’s Cafe’s All Our Money
Bear with me … Bordesley, a giant teddy bear football mascot, in Stan’s Cafe’s All Our Money Photograph: PR

“It came from a place of … what is the worst idea you could possibly have for a theatre show?” says director James Yarker, as he flicks through a heavily annotated 90-page copy of Birmingham city council’s three-year financial plan.

His latest production, All Our Money, is a 50-minute exploration of the complexities of council budgets, told with the help of 6,000 gold blocks and a football mascot.

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