With Child

Soho Theatre, Dean Street, London
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This event ended on Wednesday 15th of August 2018
Admission
£13
Venue Information
Soho Theatre
21 Dean Street, W1D 3NE
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Tottenham Court Road 0.17 miles

Six different women, one thing in common.

Inspired by the expectations and pressures society places on women to be maternal, kind, considerate and nurturing, and of course `perfect mothers'.

Through this series of talking heads style monologues we meet six very different characters. There is one thing these women share, they are all pregnant, however they rarely refer to this - but do we as an audience judge them differently because of their impending motherhood? Inspired by the work of writers such as Victoria Wood and Alan Bennett these punchy and powerful characters will make you laugh, cry and cringe as we share a glimpse into their lives, warts and all.

Clare first performed _With Child_ early on in her own pregnancy: "Being pregnant myself I am interested in how we address women and the issues that surround pregnancy. We rarely see pregnant women on stage or screen unless pregnancy is the focus of the scene. I wanted to show my characters simply as they are. Women do not necessarily transform when they become mothers, at least not in my experience. They are still who they are, women, not saints, just people. We might like them - we might not."

Clare Rebekah Pointing was a founding member of The River People, and performed and created work with the company from 2006 to 2010, touring with their two award-winning shows: The Ordinaries in An Awkward Silence and Lilly Through the Dark. The company won the Edinburgh International Festival Award in 2009 and Total Theatre Award for Best Emerging Company. Clare then went on to perform with theatres and companies such as Little Angel Theatre, RSC, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Lyric Hammersmith, Polka Theatre, Pins and Needles and Manchester Royal Exchange.

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