The Precariat
by Chris Dunkley
by Chris Dunkley
Fin struggles with his family's challenges and precarious future while seeking hope and connection in a fading world.
About The Play
About The Play
★★★★★ THE UPCOMING
★★★★ ONE STOP ARTS
★★★★ EVERYTHING THEATRE
The world premiere of a new play by award-winning playwright Chris Dunkley, following a hugely successful reading as part of Vibrant 2012 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights, our annual festival of new writing.
Fin’s bright. Some would say gifted. But school isn’t going well. While he is busy coping with his mum’s depression and his younger brother’s drug problem, he can feel his future slipping away. The few jobs that are available in North London are part-time or temporary, and Fin knows his future will be a life of unstable pay, minimal social security benefits, no pension and eroding health care. He is the future of the emerging major class – living precarious lives at the mercy of the one percent: The Precariat.
With his world collapsing slowly around him, Fin finds hope and attraction with the girl at the fried chicken drive thru window. But even she can’t offer him a way out. Fin makes one final desperate bid to take control over the future – by giving his brother the chance to turn his life around…