Varjack-Lowry / TheBabyQuestion (Film/World Premiere)
Sat 8 Oct 7.30pm / £12/£8 / The Front Room
Suitable for 16+ 

TheBabyQuestion is a theatrical film exploring the narratives of women who are child-free by choice or circumstance.

Set during the live recording of a 70s Top of the Pops style chart show, female dancers perform Pan’s People style routines for a studio audience. Meanwhile, an unseen male host mixes hit titles with landmark moments in feminism, reproductive rights, and increasingly personal references about the dancers performing. Gradually the world of the chart show breaks down, as these women consider what it means for them to be childfree/childless.

Devised and performed by: Catriona James, Luca Rutherford, Paula Varjack, Anna Kitson
Male voiceover: Tom Mumford 
Directed by: Chuck Blue Lowry
Movement director: Janine Fletcher
Dramaturg & stage manager: Maddy Costa
Lighting designer: Will Churchill
Set designer: Ellie Koslowsky
Sound: Dafydd Mann
Cinematographer: Keith Allott
Venue technician: Steve Escott

Motion graphics: Ben Gregory
Audio mixing: Branwen Munn
Editor: Natalya Holley

Producer: Amy Merrigan
Development producer: Zoë Anjuli Robinson

With thanks to:
Abena, Akosua, Aria, Anne, Beth, Caroline, Ellie, Ewurasi, Fiona, George, Isbel, Jo, Koran, Kok, Larissa, Laura, Lucy, Mercedes, Michael, Naomi, Nicola, Rebecca, Rhian, Sarah, Sharon, Stella, Suzi, Thania, Tom

Martin Bengtsson, Nicola Browning, Jason Crouch, Stephen Collins, Jonny Cotsen, Steve Forster, Adrian Gillott, Ruby Glaskin, Genevieve Grady, Shelley Hastings, Laura Haynes, Emily Howlett, John Kirby, Amber Massie-Blomfield, Nao Nagai, Sue Mayo, Jo Paul, Mette Reitzel, Claire Saddleton, Sarah Sanders, Dan Simpson, Joshua Sofaer, Gabby Vautier

Co-commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre, and Camden People's Theatre, with seed funding from Upstart Theatre.

​Rehearsal room support from Old Diorama Arts Centre. Further support from the Pleasance. and funding from Arts Council England.

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