2014 Edinburgh Fringe

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Ever fantasised about holding up your local supermarket?

Fancy sticking up two value fish fingers at the finest range of taste the difference consumer capitalism, and saying "No, you BOGOF!"

Well, at DEPRESCOS we hope you'll join us in doing just that. Here you will find all the familiar desperation of your local supermarket, but Our Store also offers an exclusive range of gritty shop floor realism, a dash of farce, the odd odd song and dance, and a selection of supermarket satire.

Well, at DEPRESCOS we hope you'll join us in doing just that. Here you will find all the familiar desperation of your local supermarket, but alongside the familiar gritty shop floor realism Our Store boasts an exclusive range of farce and a selection of supermarket satire.

Come meet unemployed Lucy - the Work Fare Scheme just gave her the exciting opportunity to develop her career through mandatory volunteering at a supermarket. She would really like a holiday. Pen would really like revenge on capitalism. Trevor just wants to win the Best Store Award. What happens next is a hashed hostage hold-up, with chaos, crutches, Clubcards.

DEPRESCOS is a frolic through the microcosm world of the supermarket. Dark humour highlights the inequalities of low/no paid work. In retaliation to poverty, exploitation and boredom DEPRESCOS offers hostages and holidays.

Writer/Director: Emer Mary Morris, Co-Director: Joss Nicholas.

Following A Riot Act (Mums Go To Iceland) - "20 minutes on the eyes, days in the mind" - DEPRESCOS is the second play in Emer Mary Morris' Supermarket Cereal. Designed by Nina Scott, who designed The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, by Kill The Beast, and their current show He Had Hairy Hands.

We hope to see you in-store soon.