The Club on the Edge of Town

A Pandemic Memoir

Alan Lane, Lemn Sissay, Hilary Benn

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English

Salamander Street Limited
07 April 2022

British & Irish history; Social & cultural history; Poverty & unemployment

'There are children in Holbeck without crayons. Living in a city with an opera company. An opera company paid for with money from all of us. Until everyone has crayons no one gets opera. That's what I believe.'

A deeply moving memoir of how a group of artists fed their local community during the Covid pandemic.

When crisis hits, and audiences stay home, what's the most useful thing a theatre company can do? The answer was to become a food bank and one-stop-help-shop for those in need. In fifteen months, Slung Low would go on to deliver over 15,000 food parcels.

By: Alan Lane
Foreword by: Lemn Sissay
Introduction by: Hilary Benn
Imprint: Salamander Street Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Somerset
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781914228414
ISBN 10: 1914228413
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 07 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alan Lane is Artistic Director of Slung Low, an award-winning theatre company based in the oldest surviving working men's club in the UK. Slung Low specialise in making large scale productions in non-theatre spaces with community performers at their heart. During the Covid crisis, the company was the ward lead for social care referrals in Holbeck and Beeston, nearly 8000 homes in South Leeds. They ran a non-means tested self-referral food bank from March 2020 to June 2021. Lane was awarded a British Empire Medal for services to South Leeds during the crisis.

Reviews for The Club on the Edge of Town: A Pandemic Memoir

'This is an amazing story of remarkable people doing their very best in an unprecedented time for the world. This book demands that revise our ideas about what theatre companies are for, what community art can be, and what people really need to live a full and productive life. Read this and be challenged and uplifted!' Ian McMillan 'I absolutely love this book. Read it!' Lemn Sissay, author of My Name Is Why.