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.
Tobi King Bakare and this theatre deserve a shout-out for such a young, diverse audience. There is so much talk about audiences being full of over 60s and why, why can’t theatres get the crowds in to reflect society in general? Well, I’m happy to say that on a rainy Thursday evening, the theatre was completely full.
Caiti Grove on Before I Go in CPT's Spring 2023 season London Theatre Reviews
