Dr Hannah Phillips, a queer mother, theatre-maker and director of Mobilise Arts said: “The show is a queer mix of art forms. In one moment, the audience will feel like they are at a queer cabaret show and the next we are watching real people sharing their lived queer motherhood experiences on film. The stories range from heartbreaking to heartwarming and everything in between. I am interested in what society may learn from queer families and I am grateful for the meaningful and often painful conversations I have had around motherhood during this project.”

The cast of The Queer Motherhood Project is made up of Rachel Jones, Katy Rooke and Elexi Walker whose credits between them span theatres in America, China and the UK. The show has been created and directed by Hannah Phillips with Music by Nik Haley, Musical Direction and Videography by Rachel Jones, Choreography by Liz Wilson, Set Design by Abigail King and Digital Content by Patrick Caulwell.

The live shows will feature videos made especially for The Queer Motherhood Project including one from comedian, author and actor Jen Brister who commented “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.”

The show also features a video from Dr Stella Duffy OBE psychotherapist and writer who talks about queering childlessness and childfreeness and her own experience of being childless-not-by-choice since cancer treatment in her mid-30s.

Stella added: “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.”