Tommy Banks Spinning Plates: LIVE!
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Written and told by Michelin star chef Tommy Banks. Bringing his extraordinary story to stage for the first and only time.
Told across three intersecting timelines – the last 25 years, the defining 12 months, and the one day of opening night for his latest pub — each moment teeters on a knife-edge.
For one night only, Tommy shares an intimate lifetime of ambition, vulnerability, risk and pressure revealing the highs and lows of a life in hospitality.
Set against a turbulent backdrop, where soaring business rates and crushing VAT force three pubs to close every week, Tommy exposes the brutal reality of keeping the doors open.
Discover the incredible community of talent Tommy has built in the once-sleepy village of Oldstead – firmly rooted in camaraderie, resilience, and true Yorkshire grit.
Through live storytelling and immersive cinema, he lifts the lid on hospitality service at its most intense, revealing the pressures of leadership and what it really takes to pursue...
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