work.txt
work.txt
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WORK.TXT
This is a show about work.
But the worker isn’t here, so it’s down to you.
You’ll clock in at the beginning.
You’ll get short breaks at regular intervals.
You’ll work in a team, and under your own initiative.
You will be your own boss. You will be free.
work.txt is a play performed entirely by the audience. It is a 60-minute show designed to be flexible for audiences from 50-300 people. It explores themes of contemporary work, automation, and always-on working culture. The story is about a person in a city somewhere who has stopped working, and the story is an attempt by the audience to work together to figure out why.
★★★★★ The Scotsman, ★★★★★ The Guardian
Winner Best Interactive Theatre Adelaide Fringe 2023
Nominated for an Innovation Award at VAULT Festival 2020
Invited Production at Caravan International Showcase 2022
Nominated for an OffWestEnd Award IDEA Production, 2022
Currently available for touring. Please contact producer@subjectobject.co.uk to enquire.
work.txt trailer.mp4written and directed by Nathan Ellis
creative producers Emily Davis and Eve Allin
dramaturgy by Ben Kulvichit and Sam Ward
technical design by Harry Halliday
lighting design by Danny Vavrečka
music and sound-design by Tom Foskett-Barnes
additional dramaturgy by Charlotte Fraser and Grace Venning
2019
The Yard Theatre, London
8th October2020
Vaults Festival, London
3rd March-8th Marchwork_from_home online at New Diorama Theatre
2022
The Soho Theatre, London
28th February-12th MarchThe Old Market, Brighton
24th May (for Caravan Showcase)Summerhall, Edinburgh, Scotland
4th August-27th AugustGrenzenlos Kultur Festival, Stadttheater Mainz, Germany (in German)
2nd October2023
The Little Theatre, Electric Dreams at the Adelaide Fringe, Australia
23rd February-18th MarchKulturforum Fuerth, International Figuren Festival, Germany (in German)
20th MayTeatro della Luna, Polverigi, Italy (in Italian)
17th, 18th JuneFondazzione Feltrinelli, Milan, Italy (in Italian)
23rd JuneSesc Sao Jose de Rio Preto, Brasil (in Portuguese)
28th, 29th JulySesc Belenzinho, Brasil (in Portuguese)
4th, 5th, 6th AugustNoorderzon Festival, the Netherlands (in Dutch)
18th, 19th, 20th AugustDublin Fringe Festival, Ireland
19th-23rd SeptemberTheatre Centre, Toronto, Canada
27th-29th SeptemberRawabet Art Space, Cairo and Jesuit Cultural Centre, Alexandria, D-CAF, Egypt (in Arabic and English)
26th-30th OctoberThe MAC, Belfast International Arts Festival, Northern Ireland
24th, 25th OctoberDe Schackel, Belgium
18th November2024
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre, China
18th-21st JanuaryMacau Cultural Centre, China
23rd-26th January
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