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Support our first in person performances
Click on this Justgiving link to help fund our first in person onstage performance. Building on the success of our virtual shows in 2020-21, in 2021-22 we will bring our performances to essential workers in person in recognition of their commitment, service, and sacrifice.
Relive our May 2021 virtual performance
Keep an eye on Eventbrite for future events and our pay what you can afford tickets to join our next evening of professional performances live. For our previous work, you’ll find us on YouTube.
Recognising essential workers through the world of the arts.
‘afew’ is a not for profit social enterprise that serves Essential Workers (EWs) and their families by bringing exceptional live arts performances to EWs (for free) in recognition of the sacrifices they make to save lives and keep countries running.
‘afew’ supports equality in performance arts and brings a new style of engaging material to the public in an affordable and raw format that lets the audience explore what it means to be human in the digital age.
Relive Our April 2021 Performance
Visit our YouTube channel or Facebook Page and watch our previous performance. It’s a one hour line-up of dazzling acts!
The Essential Workers
EWs are those who work in crucial roles providing essential goods and services to keep the country running. In 2020 the UK government published this list of Essential Workers identified as critical to maintaining the country’s national infrastructure.
Community
The list includes NHS staff, health care and social care workers, schools and nursery staff, police officers, court staff, religious staff, journalists, government staff, delivery workers, supermarket staff…
and
…Armed Forces and MoD personnel, firefighters, prison and probation staff, transport workers, infrastructure (including gas/electricity) employees, and financial services staff.
Artists
‘afew’ campaigns for equality in performance arts, bringing top quality artists and the raw beauty of unique live arts programming to EWs and their families around the world free of charge.
Dr Keshav Mudgal, Emergency Medicine Doctor, National Health Service.
“Just for me to be able to give a little back…I feel like that is the least I can do.”
— Lorna Brown, Actor and Patron of
Arts For Essential Workers
Podcast
Bringing you light-hearted entertainment through a series of interviews with essential workers and artists.
Your donation helps us fund our next performance for
essential workers
Make a donation.
Two thirds of your donation goes to essential worker charities, details of which will be published in our newsletters. The remaining third helps us to create a new era of high quality, accessible, interactive performances that fosters human connection in the digital age.