What I'm Here For is a fast paced look at Nursing, traveling Europe between Scotland and Denmark is directed by Matthew Lenton and produced by powerhouse companies Vanishing Point and Teater Katapult. 

This urgent story of Nurse Flora called in to work on an understaffed night on the 21st December.

We First meet Flora standing on the roof of the hospital trying to get some breathing space after a hellish night on the wards.

Her patient in room 22, due to be discharged that day, however for some reason it's been delayed. The reason becomes painfully obvious as the night unfolds.

The woman in room 33 is constantly calling Flora for the most trivial of reasons.

The doctor is avoiding her, and also avoiding speaking to patients. 

Flora stands front stage. Back stage, for the most part, the other performers are seated, speaking in to mics as the chorus of voices all calling for a bit of Flora.This is quite terrifying when they all rabble at once. 

Performed in English and Danish with excellently clear surtitles this highlights the story of nurses across many borders all struggling to keep people alive.

The tension of the play never lets up under Matthew Lenton's immaculate Direction, with lighting by Simon Wilkinson and an excellent soundscape by Mark Melville.

Since Covid we are much more aware of the pressures of hospital staff, and the lack of people coming in to that vocation.

Black Hole Sign seen at the Tron Theatre recently tells a very similar story however both pieces are so stylisticall y different it's well worth seeing both.