The Rat Race was a surreal and darkly funny commentary on modern life – as told by rats.
The cheese was donated to Walk The Plank in 2025. Here’s what happened in the show:
Housed inside a giant wedge of cheese, a set of especially intelligent puppet rats highlighted some of the absurdities of society in order to show an audience of human lab rats what’s it’s really like to be in the rat race.
Through the holes in a gigantic Emmenthal, the rats gave us an entertaining insight into their take on our very human culture. Once inside, a lucky few participants were thrust into a surprising series of sticky situations and, with help from our insightful rodents, they attempted to complete the increasingly ludicrous tasks required to escape…
- 4 performers
- 25 minute static show
- Lucky audience members get to play the game INside the cheese
- Twice a day
- No spoken words but some written English (can be translated)
The Rat Race
