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The Queer Motherhood Project
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The Queer Motherhood Project

A radical view of motherhood fusing live music, video and spoken word

Mobilise Arts present a radical view of Motherhood fusing live music, video and spoken word, and incorporating elements of verbatim through lived experience.

The Queer Motherhood Project is an arts and research project by Mobilise Arts in partnership with Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) DIVA, Birmingham Shout Festival of Queer Arts and Culture, Birmingham Pride Community Foundation and Arts Council England.

Dr Hannah Phillips, a queer mother, theatre-maker and director of Mobilise Arts decided she wanted to make a new show about queer motherhood following her article in DIVA in 2023 in response to the Italian government taking non-biological lesbian mothers off their children's birth certificates in August 2023.

Quotes from participants:

Jen Brister: "As a lesbian Mum who has no biological connection to my sons I viscerally understand how important it is that the status of queer parents should be protected, their voices amplified and their experiences shared far and wide."

Dr Stella Duffy: “All too often in considering queer parenthood, the experiences of those of us who are infertile, childless not by choice, or childless by circumstance, are either forgotten or actively ignored. I am so grateful to this company for remembering that we too are part of the story. We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re childless in a profoundly prenatal culture. Thank you for including us.

CAST & CREATIVES

Created and Directed by Dr Hannah Phillips

Composition | Nik Haley

Musical Direction and Videography | Rachel Jones

Set Design | Abigail King

Digital Content | Patrick Caulwell

Choreography for Queer Mothers Unite | Liz Wilson

Stage Manager | Seth Curry

Press | Helen Annetts

Digital Marketing | Steph Brown

Photography | Rachel Jones

Performed by
Rachel Jones
Katy Rooke
Kimberley Maynard

Videos made for The Queer Motherhood Project by comedian, writer and actor, Jen Brister and novelist, theatre maker and psychotherapist, Dr Stella Duffy.

Ticket Price

£10 - £18.50

WHEN

10 November 2024

WHERE

King's Head Theatre

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REVIEWS

"This is a warm-hearted, generous-spirited show which speaks to, and for, women whose experiences are not widely acknowledged." - British Theatre Guide

"This powerful show gives validation to the experience of queer mothers. It obviously spoke strongly to the majority of viewers but deserves to be seen by a much wider audience." - ReviewsGate

YOUR VISIT

Running time: 70 mins

Age Guidance: 14+

Content warnings: The show discusses issues of infertility, birth, illness and loss.


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