Tending by El Blackwood (paperback)
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A heartbreaking, hilarious and very human play sharing the experience of the nurses on the frontline of the NHS.
Description
CAST: 3 actor (1M, 2F/NB)
Tending by El Blackwood
There are 400,000 nurses in the UK. This is their story.
A heartbreaking, hilarious and very human look at the experience of the nurses on the frontline of our health service.
Based on over 70 interviews with nurses of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities, Tending immerses you in their day-to-day lives. It asks an essential question: when the system’s under pressure and lives are on the line, who takes time to care for the carers?
‘One of the most timely plays of the Fringe’
The Scotsman
★★★★‘Compassionate… beautiful and master-crafted.’
British Theatre Guide
★★★★★‘Powerful piece of verbatim theatre…’
The Edinburgh Reporter
★★★★★“the use of verbatim theatre is like an intravenous drip that feeds directly
into the veins of the audience.”
The Reviews Hub
★★★★★
CAST: 3 actor (1M, 2F/NB)
DURATION: 60 minutes
Details
| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 cm |
|---|---|
| Format | paperback |
| Extent | 48 |
| ISBN | 9781068696220 |
| Publication date | 1 August 2024 |
BIOGRAPHY
El Blackwood is an actor, writer and producer. El trained as a playwright on the prestigious John Burgess Playwriting Course (2021-2022) and as an actor with Identity School of Acting (2021-2023) and the Orange Tree Theatre Young Company (2022-2023). El is also the co-founder of Offshoots Theatre, which platforms and connects emerging creatives while raising money for the Trussell Trust. In 2023, she founded El Blackwood Productions and wrote the award-winning play, Tending. Tending achieved critical and commercial success at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, and was invited back for a month-long run at Underbelly in 2024. El was selected as one of eight playwrights to be a Brixton House ‘housemate’, winning a funded week-long run in October 2024.
