Waiting for Lefty feels as vital and important as it did in 1935. It speaks to our time. After each performance, audience members will have the chance to ask questions and discuss the issues raised by the play with an exciting panel of experts made up of: trade union representatives, journalists, academics and policy makers.
Each panel discussion will be moderated by Jacquelyn Landgraf
Tuesday 18th May
- Alex Andreou (Actor, journalist and co-host of Oh God What Now! podcast)
- Danisha Kazi (Senior Economist, Positive Money)
- James Farrar (Co-claimant in Uber BV vs Aslam)
Wednesday 19th May
- Miatta Fahnbulleh (Chief Executive, New Economics Foundation)
- Paul Fleming (Equity General Secretary)
Thursday 20th May
- Paddy Bettington (CLASS)
- Mathew Lawrence (Director, Common Wealth)
- Sarah Woolley (BFAWU General Secretary)
Friday 21st May
- Stella Creasy (Labour MP Walthamstow)
- Dr. Lucy Burke (Principal lecturer at MMU and UCU NEC representative for disabled members)
- Daniel Vockins (Executive Director, New Economy Organisers Network)
Saturday 22nd May
- Luke Hildyard (Director, High Pay Centre)
- Eve Livingston (Journalist & Writer)
Sunday 23rd May
- Alex Andreou (Actor, journalist and co-host of Oh God What Now! podcast)
- Yaseen Aslam (President of App Drivers and Couriers Union and co-claimant in Uber BV vs Aslam)
- Sarah Jaffe (Journalist and Author)