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 and director Hope Wishart are excited to be bringing their newborn, devised piece to Camden People's Theatre Starting Blocks this March.
"Welcoming, inclusive, creative and life-affirming. I have learnt a lot myself in so many ways that will seep into all parts of my life. My self-confidence has massively increased"
Human Jam participant
