
Tank Tickets
'Don't even think in your own language. English, all the time!'
Overview
In 1965, American scientist Margaret Lovatt lived with a dolphin called Peter for ten weeks to try and teach him to speak English - part of a NASA-funded research project into human-animal communication. Condemned by the wider scientific community as an elaborate circus trick, Margaret's lessons with Peter remain a controversial episode in the space race between the two Cold War superpowers.
Inspired by the real Dolphin House experiments, Breach's Fringe First Award-winning Tank rips history apart to explore the difficulties of bridging cultural divides, the politics behind the stories we tell, and what happens when you inject a dolphin with LSD.
Critic reviews
Theatrically ambitious and boldly politica
· The Guardian
Date & time
Show ended
Mon 13 Mar - Sat 1 Apr, 9pm
Venue
Lavender Hill, Battersea SW11 5TN London, UK
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