'original and very funny storytelling'
Janie Phillips - Click Liverpool
'chock full of inventiveness and tomfoolery, 
but is also tinged with sadness'
Steph Rowe - The Public Reviews
Welcome to the site. We have tried to give you discerning folk, who have sought us out, everything you might want to know about the creation of 'Sink or Swim' and where you can see it. 

We have been on tour for the past four weeks (feb-march 2013)and we hope to take to the high seas again in the summer of 2014.

We have been very pleased with the critical and audience response to the show as we created it to celebrate our 15th birthday. 'Sink or Swim' is the companies 20th original show, and we are pleased to be working with, The Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse theatre and The Lowry, whose support we gratefully appreciate. We are also pleased by the financial support of Arts council England and The Granada foundation.
'Spike has created something unique, fun and infectiously entertaining'
Vicky Anderson - Made up on Stage  
The 18th century bedlam houses are full and so the ‘ships of fools’ are born. En-route to America our hapless victims find themselves running for the lifeboats when they come under attack and their ship - The Sea Venture - is sunk. As the icy dawn breaks and with only a single oar they find themselves alone, and going around in circles. Our brave souls battle the elements, each other and a leaking lifeboat. Based in fact and with a heavy dose of fiction ‘Sink or Swim’ is an insanely comic tale of tales and three men’s maddening struggle’s at sea.  
'an entertaining dose of silliness that is more than worth a watch'
Chris High - The Stage
Featuring an original music score, clown and bold storytelling. Sink or Swim is the company’s 20th original show, Spike has been touring comedy theatre across the UK and Europe since 1997. 

“Two's company, three's bedlam”

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If you want to know what Spike have done in the past or what we are up to in the future click on the logo below, to be re-directed to our main site...
'The slapstick action is performed with aplomb'
Sam Marlowe - The Times

What the press have said about us

“Spike produces an original style of ‘Total’ theatre”
BBC Radio
“The trio of performers give their all to the audience while ruthlessly refusing to compromise on the humour – a simple and winning formula...”
 Nick Awde, The Stage
"It is rare to see an adult audience almost hysterical with laughter, but in this play the laughter is infectious."
Emily Pearce, The Public Review
"Spike Theatre are giving audiences highly creative theatre... mixing storytelling with physical theatre to great effect. They are talented, refreshingly different and well worth seeing."
BBC Radio Merseyside
"An original script, fluid direction and gripping performances ensure that the story itself is never overshadowed by Spike's desire to entertain"
Paul Tarpey, Total Theatre
“This fusion of puppetry, clowning, dance and singing, with its skilfully crafted melting-pot of gags and quips, manages to captivate without ever letting up...very,very funny.”
Andrew Latimer, Three Weeks
"Hilarious from beginning to end"
Joe Plumb, What's on Stage
"An evening you will not forget for a while, mind-bogglingly clever, devastatingly funny, entirely original comedy." 
 Liverpool Confidential
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 Created with support from 
The Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and The Lowry, Salford

Financially supported by 

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Spike Theatre is the trading name of Spike Theatre Ltd, registered in England and Wales.
Company Reg No: 663 4750. Charity Reg No: 1133362
Registered Office: 86 Blythswood Street, Liverpool, L17 7DG

Tel: +44(0)151 727 3575
Email: mail@spiketheatre.com