It’s no teddy bear’s picnic: the football mascot showing how local politics works

Giant teddy bear Bordesley is put in charge of Birmingham city council's 3bn budget in Stan's Cafe's fun new production All Our Money

It came from a place of ... what is the worst idea you could possibly have for a theatre show?" says director James Yarker, as he flicks through a heavily annotated 90-page copy of Birmingham city council's three-year financial plan.

His latest production, All Our Money, is a 50-minute exploration of the complexities of council budgets, told with the help of 6,000 gold blocks and a football mascot.