WHAT’S ON

CroydonBuilds is the second stage of our 3-part commissioning pathway which includes CroydonBites, CroydonBuilds and CroydonBeyond.

Amy Gwilliam / Honest Mother 

Amy Gwilliam is clawing her way back to the stage, through the feisty jungle porridge of motherhood. Formerly a notorious “character” performer, this is the first time Amy will play … herself. How fabulously ghastly! It turns out that in parenting there really is nowhere to hide. Not from your children, and not from yourself.

And so, following years of charming rooms and hoodwinking the deep mulch of her unconscious, this is the first time Amy will let loose, get real, grow up - and into the fullness of what it is to be gut-wrenchingly, unapologetically human, and with the most outrageous milk ducts.

Honest and ludicrous, rageful and redemptive: this is for any brave soul who has a womb, or came out of one.

Reviews for Amy's previous shows:

Deliciously clever...multi-faceted and thrillingly subversive. **** THE SCOTSMAN

Unstoppable … Knockout satire with a taste for the ridiculous. Pick of VAULT Festival, The Guardian

A glorious monster of a character @DustyLimits

Teetering on the edge between hilarity and devastation, it challenges us to rethink the space we give ourselves to love and grieve. Fringe Review, Brighton

Anita Wadsworth / Sex and Other Stories

I wrote a show about distraction and sex. And relationship therapist Esther Perel counselled her first AI and human couple, Samantha Niblett MP launched a sex ed campaign, bodies are being watched, Max on Instagram said it was “lowk wrong” that Sarah Mullally is the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury and I joined Feeld as a coffee cup.

Like a scattered to-do list, I will talk about sex, purity culture, fast-forward porn and the grief that hovers around that “little death”. I’ll bring cushions because we can’t be hard all the time and I promise to take care of you.

equal parts fresh, shocking and hilarious…Wadsworth delivers a one-of-a-kind, cheeky and cathartic release…honest musings on the struggles of re-connecting with one’s sexuality and the loneliness of the digital era.

Lizzie Tan, CroydonWrites

…an honest take on the relationship between desire and neurodivergence in the digital world…balancing vulnerability with razor sharp wit and humour.

Isab Woolston, CroydonWrites