Foodbank : 2021
Channel: As It Is Theatre Company
Date: 2021-05-18

‘Food Bank: 2021’ is written by former Food Bank manager Tara Osman and directed by Lawrence O'Connor. Their successful play ‘Food Bank As It Is’ has, since spring 2017, played to many hundreds of people in venues across the UK and was due to be shown last April in Northampton but had to be cancelled due to the pandemic.

How does it feel to go hungry for days, yet be surrounded by plenty?

What is it like to rely on a food bank to feed yourself and your family?

The Coronavirus pandemic has only heightened this with so many more people now needing to access food banks to support themselves and their families.

'Food Bank: 2021' is an online theatre piece which provides a window into the world of food poverty in the UK for those who want to look. Documented by a food bank worker who is incensed by what she has seen, these are dramatised stories of people’s real life struggles with financial hardship.

Northamptonshire Community Foundation has adopted and aligned the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) with our charitable activities.

Jorden Heffernan our Communications Officer and staff ambassador for UN SDG 2: Zero Hunger will introduce the filmed theatre piece. There will be a post-film panel with an opportunity for discussion.

Cast in order of appearance: 

Shenine Rajakarunanayake 
Tara Osman 
Sokari Erekosima 
Sarah Somerville 
Daniel Kelly 
Lawrence O’Connor 
David Whiting 

Production assistant: 
Leila Osman 

Written by: 
Tara Osman 

Directed by:
Lawrence O’Connor 

With thanks to: 

Northamptonshire Community Foundation 
CentrE17
The Calder Bookshop and Theatre 
Acre Jean Ltd.