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THE KEY WORKERS CYCLE

ALMEIDA THEATRE

CREATIVE DIRECTORS: DANI PARR & STEPHANIE BAIN

MOVEMENT DIRECTOR: DARRAGH O’LEARY

DESIGN CONSULTANT: KATE BUNCE

COSTUME DESIGN: MAARIYAH SHARJIL

SOUND DESIGN: MWEN

COMPOSER & MUSICAL DIRECTOR: ZARA NUNN

LIGHTING DESIGN: FRASER CRAIG

PART 1

Assembly: The Teachers Play

Writer: Sonali Bhattacharyya

Director: Kate Golledge

The Full Works: The Funeral Directors Play

Writer: Josh Elliot

Driector: Emily Ling Williams

Face the Music: The Social Care Workers Play

Writer: Francesca Beard

Director: Emma Baggott

PART 2

Waste: The Refuse Collectors' Play

Writer: Danusia Samal

Director: Rikki Henry

Smiles Behind The Masks: The Midwives' Play

Writer: Nessah Muthy

Driector: Anna Marsland

The Essence Of The Job Is Speed: The Delivery Drivers' Play

Writer: Annie Jenkins

Director: Jack Nurse

PART 3

More Than We Can Bear: The Women's Centre Play

Writer: Eno Mfon

Director: Eva Sampson

Next Please!: The Supermarket Workers' Play

Writer: Yomi Sode

Driector: Rachael Nanyonjo

Stand Clear: The TFL Workers' Play

Writer: Molly Taylor

Director: Jenny Sealey and Kate Lovell

"Deftly choreographed......thoughtfully enabled campfire theatre, a precious, collaborative improvisation to keep the darkness at bay and remind us who we are." (The Guardian)

"The plays have a cumulative power. Not only do they give key workers the spotlight, they act as a valuable reminder of just how hard those early days of the pandemic were for so many – the inequality, the isolation, the rules that so many of those in power blithely ignored – and as a portrait of the people who hold society together.." (The Stage)

"A life-affirming, entertaining and affecting one-day wonder. A rare energy was palpable too; it felt radical to see this arty bastion teeming with those seldom seen on stage or in the stalls." (The Telegraph)

"A laudable enterprise and one worth supporting. I salute it for giving a voice and a platform to those we sentimentalise but too easily forget." (Evening Standard)

"They are moving, courageous and memorable – emphasising the importance of kindness, dreaming, dancing and the mutual care that helps us survive." (The Observer)