This show is a work-in-progress performance as part of our Starting Blocks showcase.
After learning there may be ‘no womb at the inn’, Francesca navigates the sober world of fertility treatment as a single, 30-something who wonders where she’d even put a baby if she had one, or if anyone would go out with her now. Knowing she’s not mysterious enough to shut up about it, she starts to talk to people, and to her surprise, people start to talk back.
Warm, irreverent, and occasionally unhinged, How to Create a Life, is an honest, verbatim work-in-progress that asks the big questions in life. Featuring real interviews with people from all walks of life, the show navigates themes of fertility, expectation, grief, and uncertainty, while acknowledging the possibility that maybe creating a life starts with the one you’re already living.
Francesca D'Souza is excited to be bringing her newborn, piece to Camden People's Theatre Starting Blocks this March with support from Hope Wishart.
"Hats off to the CPT for this fine show, well researched and coming from a place of great passion... Community theatre at its most effective."
Camden New Journal (Human Jam)
