"Spent Ambition Theatre Company present Temp/Casual.... Set in modern day Manchester, Temp/Casual is a gritty new drama about broken dreams and faltering friendships; a play for anyone who has ever wanted to tell their boss where to stick it. But three years after leaving university, their collective ambition has begun to want; the four friends find themselves adrift in a world of debt, drugs and
dead end employment. Susan wants to act but is trapped in a suffocating relationship, and a data entry job at the examination board: Co-worker Vicky enjoys a sideline as a web-cam do******ix, and with her ever-increasing overdraft, Susan thinks it might be the only way to stop the rot. Adam stacks lager in a Rusholme off license; he fantasises about becoming a stand up comedian but is too lazy to do anything about it – besides, there’s more money to be made selling drugs. Wannabe-DJ Stick is a regular user and with his father dying of cancer, he needs a bolt hole from reality. Susan ends her relationship with Martin, who spirals into depression. When he wins a prestigious North West poetry competition, Martin thinks it’s the answer to his troubles.
