{"id":639,"date":"2019-04-21T11:32:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T11:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?p=639"},"modified":"2020-11-10T12:50:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T12:50:31","slug":"michael-has-a-play-on-ay-the-brighton-fringe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?p=639","title":{"rendered":"Work Makes You Free on at the Brighton Fringe."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Work-Makes-You-Free-Flyer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Work-Makes-You-Free-Flyer.jpg 964w, https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Work-Makes-You-Free-Flyer-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Work-Makes-You-Free-Flyer-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Work-Makes-You-Free-Flyer-500x250.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Work Makes You Free By Michael Ross. 6-10th May at Rialto Theatre as part of Brighton Fringe 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam is absolutely loving being Employment Minister, singer-songwriter Kirsty cries in the shower every morning before heading off to work at the Job Centre, struggling actress Willow must toil unpaid in a pound shop or lose her benefits, and banker Jane is disgusted by the sight of closed curtains as she leaves for Canary Wharf every morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Ross\u2019s biting and very funny satire delivers a piece very much for our times, reflecting on the dignity \u2013 and many indignities \u2013 of labour. It explores how some people are defined by their job, whilst for others it\u2019s the main obstacle to becoming who they truly are. It is a funny, smart and ingenious examination of what work means in Twenty-First Century Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A current, relevant commentary on the aspects of life we see every day \u2013 it touches the full spectrum of working life in the modern age.&#8221; **** (LondonTheatre1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***** (Remote Goat)<br>***** (Fringe Guru)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightonfringe.org\/whats-on\/work-makes-you-free-by-michael-ross-135501\/\">https:\/\/www.brightonfringe.org\/whats-on\/work-makes-you-free-by-michael-ross-135501\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work Makes You Free By Michael Ross. 6-10th May at Rialto Theatre as part of Brighton Fringe 2019. Adam is absolutely loving being Employment Minister, singer-songwriter Kirsty cries in the shower every morning before heading off to work at the Job Centre, struggling actress Willow must toil unpaid in a pound shop or lose her &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?p=639\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Work Makes You Free on at the Brighton Fringe.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[21,23,22],"class_list":["post-639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-work-makes-you-free","tag-brighton-fringe","tag-michael-ross","tag-work-makes-you-free"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1182,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions\/1182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}