Sweat Shops: the Great Divide @Finborough Cunning Vixens and Dopes: Allegro @Swkplay
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0 More Next Blog» [email protected] Dashboard Paul in London Paul is in London... And seeing mostly theatre Saturday, September 10, 2016 Featured Post Sweat shops: The Great Divide @Finborough Cunning vixens and dopes: Allegro @swkplay About Me Paul In London Follow 45 I live, work and blog in SW London... My interests range from the oddities in local news and The Great Divide uses the worst industrial accident in history as the backdrop to explain the lives and times of some of the politics, social media to music, comedy, art and workers who lived and perished in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. theatre. It is playing on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the Finborough Theatre until 24 September. You can message me here or at paulinlondonblogger[at]gmail[dot]com What is exciting about Alix Sober's piece is how fragments of stories comes together to tell a much bigger one about View my complete profile immigration, dreams and unionisation against the backdrop of the deadliest workplace disaster in American history. Support this blog Do your online shopping from here... Blog Archive The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was on the lower east side of Manhattan located on the top floors of an 11 storey building. ▼ 2016 (70) Most of its workers were migrants working for low pay and long hours. The custom and practice in factories was to lock doors ▼ September 2016 (3) and limit exits to prevent theft. Smoking was banned but people did anyway. Sweat shops: The Great Divide @Finborough Eat your young: Unfaithful @found111 So when fire broke out on 25 March 1911, the combination of flammable materials and no means of escape let to a fire of such intensity that many of the workers chose to jump out the window their deaths. This was a scene that would not be repeated Mad about the boy: Britten in Brooklyn @wiltonmusi... until the 9-11 90 years later in a harrowing repetition of New York history. All told 146 workers died. Most of them were women. ► August 2016 (7) ► July 2016 (7) But the fire is not the only part of the story. Through necessity women who left Russia and persecution find themselves in roles to provide for families. The harsh conditions and petty penalties led to an 11-week general strike for better working ► June 2016 (6) conditions in 1909. It also led to the growth of the union movement in the garment industry. ► May 2016 (11) ► April 2016 (10) The vast storytelling gives the actors a number of roles as storytellers moving from the old land to the new. But at the centre of ► March 2016 (6) the piece is Rosa (played by Hannah Genesius . She is the dreamer turned pragmatist in the piece as she comes to New York and needs to find work to survive. Genesius keeps the piece focussed and the pace moving like a conductor. ► February 2016 (12) ► January 2016 (8) Josh Collins as her potential partner is terrific and gives the piece some welcome humour. Emma King as her friend at the ► 2015 (82) factory gives the piece warmth. ► 2014 (85) ► 2013 (73) While the tragedy led to improved practices, it is hard not to question whether much has changed or whether some of the practices have just moved offshore. Primark Shirts made in substandard factories that collapsed in Bangladesh. H&M factories ► 2012 (88) without proper fire exits. iPhones made at Foxconn where there is a high suicide rate. Even closer to home there is Sports ► 2011 (94) Direct running a modern day workhouse in its own distribution centre. ► 2010 (104) Going to work is still a matter of life and death for many. At least some of us can demand better from the places we shop at ► 2009 (106) and where we invest our money. ► 2008 (186) ► 2007 (205) Directed by Rory McGregor, The Great Divide is at the Finborough Theatre on Sunday and Monday evenings and Tuesday ► 2006 (324) matinees until 20 September. ► 2005 (410) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ► 2003 (63) Photos: production photos Et cetera As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast Johnny Fox: Critical Mass Life In The Cheap Seats (Webcowgirl) My Theatre Mates Paul in London on Tumblr Paul not in London Showbuzzness Stage Faves - Theatre social media Theatre.co.uk London Theatre Discounts Today Tix (London) Subscribe to my feed... 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