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Slaves of Starbucks written and performed by Peter Aterman 29 May 2004 Midland Arts Centre Cannon Hill Park Birmingham Tickets: £10.50 (£7.40 conc) tel: 0121 440 3838 8:00 show

Winner of the 2004 Hackney Empire New Act of the Year!

Aztec priests on Wall Street, Microsoft in the Vatican, celebrity pop stars who confuse Andrew Lloyd Weber with Hitler – who ever thought the 20th century would be such a scream? This darkly elegant comic satire offers up a hilarious view of the rise of the American Empire.

‘Hysterical, absolute genius, a superb comic actor. His delivery is spot-on, ranging from completely deadpan to deliciously over-the-top’
-The Scotsman ****

‘Ideas as resonant as dreams…jet-black comedy, his writing makes lacerating points about the triumph of philistinism’
– The Guardian ****

‘Gifted in making the outrageous strangely believable – an apocalyptic vision of corporate America – deadly dark satire at its best.’
- The List ****