![Eine dunkle Bühne, auf die vom linken Bildrand aus ein helles, orangefarbenes Licht scheint. Auf der Bühne befinden sich ein Mikrofon mit einem Ständer, an dem ein Kopfhörer hängt, sowie verschiedene Konstruktionen aus gelben Bauklötzen. Der Text](https://vk.nuernberg.de/img/173/1730/173022_b1_800_0_0_0_0.jpg)
Nathan Ellis (GB)
work.txt
“work.txt” is a performance about work culture in the new-work age: flexible working hours, blurring boundaries between work and private life, increasing automation. Consequently, the performers in this piece are also absent. So it is up to the audience to get active! In teams and on their own, playful instructions are used to complete work assignments. Cleverly and shrewdly, the project negotiates the phenomenon of Gig Economy as well as financial instability and deals with bullshit jobs.
The profound and timely production about the question of the meaning of work for our society was nominated for the VAULT Festival 2020 Innovation Award as well as for an OffWestEnd Theatre Award by IDEA Production 2022 and won the Red Theatre International Award for Innovation 2021.
“work.txt is for people who love karaoke, think “The Office” is great, and have a knack for extremely awkward moments. It’s for those who hate their boss, are bosses themselves, and for those who wonder what happens to their lives at work.” (The Scotsman, 2022)
Nathan Ellis is a writer for theatre and film. He wrote “work.txt” in 2019 before the first lockdown in London. Yet it’s a play that already has the experiences of working from home and isolation in it.
The profound and timely production about the question of the meaning of work for our society was nominated for the VAULT Festival 2020 Innovation Award as well as for an OffWestEnd Theatre Award by IDEA Production 2022 and won the Red Theatre International Award for Innovation 2021.
“work.txt is for people who love karaoke, think “The Office” is great, and have a knack for extremely awkward moments. It’s for those who hate their boss, are bosses themselves, and for those who wonder what happens to their lives at work.” (The Scotsman, 2022)
Nathan Ellis is a writer for theatre and film. He wrote “work.txt” in 2019 before the first lockdown in London. Yet it’s a play that already has the experiences of working from home and isolation in it.
Object Theatre
Participatory Performance
Participatory Performance
Script, Direction: Nathan Ellis
Artistic Production: Emily Davis
Technical Director: Harry Halliday
Musik, Sound Design: Tom Foskett Barnes
Lighting Design: Danny Vavrečka
Dramaturge: Ben Kulvichit, Sam Ward
Dramaturgical Advisors: Charlotte Fraser, Grace Venning
Advisors Accessibility: Amy Bethan Evans
Artistic Production: Emily Davis
Technical Director: Harry Halliday
Musik, Sound Design: Tom Foskett Barnes
Lighting Design: Danny Vavrečka
Dramaturge: Ben Kulvichit, Sam Ward
Dramaturgical Advisors: Charlotte Fraser, Grace Venning
Advisors Accessibility: Amy Bethan Evans
Funded by Arts Council England, The Yard Theatre, Bedales Events, New Diorama Theatre
![A dark stage, with a bright orange light shining onto it from the left border of the picture. A microphone, including a stand with a pair of headphones hanging from it, as well as various structures built from yellow building blocks are placed on stage. A projection in the background says: „The audience: As lights rise/ The city hums with the sound of work“](https://vk.nuernberg.de/img/173/1730/173022_b1_800_0_0_0_0.jpg)
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![Several people build constructions from yellow building blocks on a black stage.](https://vk.nuernberg.de/img/173/1730/173022_b2_800_0_0_0_0.jpg)
© Alex Brenner
![A woman wearing headphones on a dark stage with her hands on her hips. In front of her is a microphone, and around her are several constructions made of yellow building blocks. Behind her the text](https://vk.nuernberg.de/img/173/1730/173022_b3_800_0_0_0_0.jpg)
© Alex Brenner