Amy’s making a play. It’s an experiment. It’s about Motherhood.

Amy Golding is an award-winning theatre-maker whose work has been seen across the U.K. and in South Africa. As Artistic Director of Curious Monkey, Amy makes shows from real stories, told to her by real people. Now she’s making her own story. It’s about the before, the now, and the ‘what might be’.

Motherhood – what does it really mean for women now and for women of previous generations? Women like Amy’s mum, whose unconventional approach to family life was captured by a 1979 B.B.C. documentary team and Amy’s Nan, who had her child just before the birth of the N.H.S.

Amy explores the highs and lows, the heart swells and heartbreaks on the journey to create a new life. Playful, touching and provocative, Preggers is a show about family – being in one and starting one of your own.

Along with the show, the company will be offering post show Q and A sessions with writer and performer Amy Golding, Co-Director Rachel Glover and where possible with invited guests Beccy Say (PHD in decision support for pregnant women) and Dr. Vicky Thomas (paediatrician) to talk about topics such as miscarriage and Joeli Brearley (founder of Pregnant then Screwed) to talk about maternity rights. With support from the Rosa Fund, they are doing research to create an online resource to support women working in the performing arts (and their friends/family).

Amy says about the production,“I was inspired to make this play by my mum, my nan and my big sister. I wanted to find out more about their experiences of motherhood and how things have changed from 1948 when my mum was born to now when I hope to become a mother. I am on a journey towards motherhood, a journey that has been full of the joy of planning and conceiving a baby and also the difficult and traumatic experience of losing a baby.

The play will track this unpredictable and complex journey. The show is a very personal story but I believe the themes it explores are universal – choices women have (and don’t have) now and in the past around becoming parents, how it affects your career, family relationships and trying to plan something that is ultimately beyond your control.”

Tickets for Preggers are available from Unity Theatre’s Box Office, by calling 0151 709 4988 or online at www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk. Tickets are priced at £14 with concessions available at £12.