People on benefits. Scroungers? Shirkers? Just lazy? If you’ve ever thought these things flippantly, or even with contempt, Liz Crowe offers you an opportunity to meet the so-named minority. This durational protest piece tries to highlight the moments and cost of physical/mental impairment unaccounted for by bureaucracy and tabloid articles. Periodic discussions are candid and mainly level-headed with questions about equality, the role of welfare and the kind of society we want to live in. For the unaware, this is a valuable insight into lives beyond our own. For those more familiar with the unsettling truths of disability and welfare this is an opportunity for camaraderie. It’s just a shame there weren’t more of the uninitiated in the room to inspire debate.

Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 9-10 Aug, 1.00pm, 5.00pm, 9.00pm.
tw rating 4/5 | [Andrew Pollard]