Peta calls for pork-free menus as Peppa Pig show rolls into Grimsby | Children’s theatre
Campaigners are calling on theater patrons to stop serving bacon, sausages and ham in their cafes, at least when Peppa Pig and her family are performing in the same building.
Grimsby Auditorium It has been said that pork will be taken off the menu in Lincolnshire this week. Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show Opening next month upon demand People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta UK). The campaign group is sending vegan ham to the venue as an alternative.
Jennifer White, Peta’s assistant manager, welcomed the decision and said she hoped it would remind people that “all pigs are individuals with personalities, not body parts to be dismembered.”
Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show will tour the UK and Ireland until September. White said Peta contacted Grimsby after reviewing theater menus and noticing a surprising amount of pork. The venue accepted the request, and Peta said he hopes others will do the same.
In her letter to the theatre, Peta wrote:: “While the fictional Pig family comes to life on stage, real pigs lose their lives for bacon and sausages in your café. It’s a jarring paradox: one moment encouraging children to cheer for Peppa and her family, the next inviting them to eat pork.”
“Like Peppa and [baby sister] Evie, real pigs are playful, curious and social. But on the UK’s industrial pig farms, most spend their entire short lives confined to filthy sheds with no sunlight.”
The letter acknowledged that the series would not depict Peppa and Evie “convulsing in a gas chamber” but said “the products of this real-life suffering can be found in your cafe.”
The auditorium told Peta it would remove pork products from the Stage Door cafe menu as a “thoughtful gesture” during the show’s March 3-4 run.
White said he hoped the Grimsby decision and similar moves elsewhere would encourage meaningful conversations between parents and children about the ethics of eating animals. Encouraged families to order Peta free vegan starter kitContaining recipes and practical advice.
First aired in the UK in 2004, Peppa Pig is now shown in more than 180 territories and 40 languages.
When Evie Pig was born last year, Grazia published a book. Interview with Mummy Pig here she revealed the baby’s gender and speculated about what they might be called. “We have SO many ideas for names,” he said. “Honestly, it’s too much! Oink!””
The franchise includes more than 400 TV episodes and touring stage shows, as well as: Peppa Pig World In the New Forest, he was praised by Boris Johnson in a rambling speech to the Confederation of British Industry in 2021.
Urging business leaders to visit, he said: “I loved it. Peppa Pig World is the place for me. It’s got very safe streets, there’s discipline in schools, there’s an emphasis on new public transport systems. Even though they’re a bit stereotypical about Daddy Pig.”
White said he hopes it reflects on the menus of all theater and arts organizations.
In November, Peta revealed she had persuaded Chichester Festival theater to remove pork products from their menu during a series of events. Three Little Pigs.
