The club on the edge of town : a pandemic memoir

'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.