New play stages 'temporary lives' on zero-hours contracts by Matt Trueman

Alexander Zeldin's devised piece Beyond Caring explores the precarious existence of cleaners at a meat factoryYou've seen the stats: 2.7m jobs, 600,000 workers, on zero-hours contracts. Some say it suits them, allowing flexibility and control, but 16% don't get the hours they need to make ends meet and one-in-four would like more work.But facts and figures can't do feelings. "We get a lot of dry economic theory,…

« Back to BroadwayStars