Tending

<p>A heartbreaking hilarious and very human look at the experience of the nurses on the frontline of our health service.</p> <p>Based on over 70 interviews with nurses of all ages backgrounds and nationalities Tending immerses you in their day-to-day lives. It asks an essential question: when the system's under pressure and lives are on the line who takes time to care for the carers?</p> <p><strong>El Blackwood</strong> is an actor writer and producer. El trained as a playwright on the prestigious John Burgess Playwriting Course (2021-2022) and as an actor with Identity School of Acting (2021-2023) and the Orange Tree Theatre Young Company (2022-2023). El is also the co-founder of Offshoots Theatre which platforms and connects emerging creatives while raising money for the Trussell Trust. In 2023 she founded El Blackwood Productions and wrote the award-winning play Tending. Tending achieved critical and commercial success at Edinburgh Fringe 2023 and was invited back for a month-long run at Underbelly in 2024. El was selected as one of eight playwrights to be a Brixton House 'housemate' winning a funded week-long run in October 2024.</p> <p>CAST: 3 actor (1M 2F/NB)<br /> DURATION: 60 minutes</p> <p> </p>