Photo: Chris Payne

After a) making a new show with a new mother and b) speaking to many other mothers at a ‘Mothers Who Make’ meeting at HOME Manchester, I thought it might be useful to compile three tips for creative people who aren’t mothers who might be working with creative people who are...

TIP ONE: BELIEVE YOUR NEW MOTHER (THEN DON’T JUDGE)

If your new mother says she’ll be fine to...

"A lot of people are feeling afraid,

then they realise they are not alone with this"

I'm a little overwhelmed today. Yesterday Liz, Sophie (our superb stage manager) and I took the show to a Stoma Care Patient's Meeting in Oldham. It was terrifying. 

There were over 75 attendees, some nurses and medical students, but mostly patients and their carers. Liz's journey in the show features he...