Elevate Festival – WORK
Work-in-Progress
WORK is a piece of theatrical performance art that comments on the workforce as an entity, the things we say and do, and the parts of ourselves we abandon in order to become and remain employed. Set to an original soundtrack of distorted field recordings and uncategorisable noise, it explores everything from staff room diet chat to the long-term suppression of our animal impulses.
Inspired by many years of being an artist working various day jobs, WORK uses text from old CVs, application forms, and interview-speak to shed light on the absurd nature and necessity of employment as we know it.
This work-in-progress is an ambitious new development of the show from an end-on performance into an immersive, multi-room piece.
This performance will be followed by an optional 30-minute Q&A session with lead performers Claudia Jefferies and Fynn Roberts.
Audience Feedback:
‘Hilarious observational comedy about the world of work.’
‘Brave, experimental, pertinent, funny…this is the kind of work I want to see.’
‘Hilarious! An absolute must-see. Brilliant writing and amazing performances.’
Elevate Festival
This event is part of Elevate Festival, a week-long celebration of new work from South-West artists.
Barnfield Theatre
This performance contains depictions of and references to sexism, workplace bullying, diet culture, and mental illness. Contains one verbal description of gratuitous violence.
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