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This is a series of seven 15-minute monologues on what it means to be priced out of life in modern Britain, exploring aspects of poverty and its attendant challenges – low-paid work, loneliness, homelessness, mental illness etc – with grit and humour.

It’s not just a pity party though, the characters show resilience, strength, pride and authenticity. Derry Girls creator Lisa Mcgee wrote the first episode, I’d Like To Speak To

The Manager, which reunites herwith SaoirseMonica Jackson (left), in a bitter tale of a deep class divide. It’s not exactly cheery, and the episodes are a bit hit and miss, but there’s plenty here to make you think twice about complaining about the underpaid waitress who needs her job much more than you need your overpriced starter. Watch out particularly for episode six, The Taking Of Balgrayhill Street, which stars the great

Peter Mullan.

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