Royal Exchange Theatre Company, Royal Court Theatre

Tamsin packs boxes in a warehouse, on the clock, to a target, with a zero-hour contract. Her brother Dean is housebound. Working to obsessive-compulsive rituals of his own.

When Dean is declared fit for work, his benefits are cut. There are phone calls to make, appeals to lodge and endless forms to fill in. Tamsin must pack faster, work harder, and fight to get the support she and her brother so desperately need.

This sensitive and delicately powerful play asks what our labour is worth and how life can be lived at the bottom of the pile when the system is stacked against you.

Overall winner of the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, Katherine Soper’s debut play will premiere in a production by Exchange Associate Artistic Director Matthew Xia (INTO THE WOODS).