{"id":525,"date":"2013-04-22T10:09:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T10:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minorcompositions.info\/?p=525"},"modified":"2025-06-04T21:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T21:32:12","slug":"mayday-screening-the-condition-of-the-working-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minorcompositions.info\/?p=525","title":{"rendered":"The Condition of the Working Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

Screening May 1: The Condition of the Working Class @ Wivenhoe<\/strong>
\n7:30 PM, May 1st @ Nottage Maritime Institute
\nThe Quay<\/a> Wivenhoe Colchester CO7 9BX<\/p>\n

A new documentary feature film by Michael Wayne & Deirdre O\u2019Neill
\nThere will be a Q&A with the directors after the screening.<\/p>\n

Everything changes and yet everything stays the same. 1844: Friedrich Engels writes his book The Condition of the Working Class in England<\/em>, a classic denunciation of the appalling living conditions for working people living at the heart of the industrial revolution in Manchester, England. In 2012: a group of working class people from Manchester and Salford have the job of devising a theatrical show from scratch based on their own experiences and Engels\u2019 book. They have 8 weeks before their first performance. The Condition of the Working Class<\/em> follows the process from the first rehearsal to first night and situates their struggle to get the show on stage in the context of the daily struggles of working people facing economic crisis and austerity politics.<\/p>\n

Condition of the Working Class Screening Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018This is not a film, it\u2019s a rehearsal for revolution\u2019 \u2013 Film International.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to see how, fundamentally, the way people see and treat each other in Britain has not changed in over 160 years watch this film. Some things have changed. People have sewers now, \u00a39 JSA a day, are taught to read, but not really to write or speak. We still look up and down at each other in ways we did then, betray ourselves through our accents, our dress our work – if we can get a job. It might be theatre but it\u2019s not acting. It\u2019s a blow against the mean low money grabbers.\u201d \u2013 Danny Dorling<\/p>\n

Requisite Facebook event page: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/486213534782805\/<\/p>\n

More information:
\nhttp:\/\/www.conditionoftheworkingclass.info<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.nottagemaritimeinstitute.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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