ELVIS DIED OF BURGERS
ABOUT THE SHOW
ELVIS DIED OF BURGERS is devised by the four BLINK performer-directors who love food. If they’re not eating, they’re talking about it, dreaming about it, and now…dancing, rapping and rhyming about it.
Take a seat at their table as the cast spill the tea on their own memories, food stories and relationship to eating with plenty of their signature sensory and often bizarre tangents…Good Food Gospel anyone?
As their journey progresses they explore the thin line between the hilarity and tragedy of overeating and find themselves deep diving into the culinary conundrum surrounding the exact events of Elvis, The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, at the end of his life.
ELVIS DIED OF BURGERS has a non-linear narrative; it’s semi-improvised form creates an exhilarating ‘edge of your seat’ experience for audience and cast alike.
Tour Dates
13th October, 2023
FOODAHOLIX at Blueprint Festival, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
BLINK’s neurodiverse and learning disabled director-performers are taking over Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch to bring you a colourful and creative interactive exhibition of food-themed activities inspired by their current show ELVIS DIED OF BURGERS.
10th November, 2023
Déda Theatre, Derby
13th November, 2023
National Youth Theatre, London
Past Tour Dates
25th - 26th May, 2023
Battersea Arts Centre, London
13th May, 2023
Pegasus Theatre, Oxford
6th July, 2023
Kala Sangam, Bradford
3rd June, 2023
Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester
Supported by The Eclipse Award. The Eclipse Award presented by Eclipse Theatre Company and Summerhall.
2nd - 13th August, 2023
Red Lecture Theatre, Summerhall, Edinburgh
WHAT AUDIENCES THOUGHT
“I thought it was just joyous - absolutely joyous and gorgeous. Really moving as well”
Photos by Roswitha Chesher, taken at the ELVIS DIED OF BURGERS Performance at Battersea Arts Centre
“I’m so pleased to see something which celebrates food and taste and enjoyment and comfort of food, and isn’t saying ‘what’s bad about this’ and what might be wrong with it, but really letting us into this very sensory experience.”
TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS
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This training will support your venue to look at aspects of the visitor experience to ensure they are accessible and welcoming to people with learning disabilities and other neurodiverse needs.
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A show themed workshop using light-hearted activities to explore our individual food stories. Tailored to each group, but particularly targeted at adults with learning disabilities, PMLD or autism.
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BLINK run popular CPD training in making performing arts workshops accessible and meaningful to people with LD/PMLD/Autism. Run by a neurodiverse team of two trainers, this training supports facilitators, practitioners and creative learning departments to increase access for people with LD in their participatory programmes.
To find out more about any of these workshops and get a quote, get in touch.