Procreate is a show about making art and making life (no big deal) Remember - your life is over when you become a parent. Youll never achieve your artistic dreams or have fun again. Especially if youre a mum. Xoxo (said some intrusive thoughts... and society) Procreate pokes fun at the motherhood penalty, pesky prescriptive gender roles and expectations that pile on the pressure when you bang out a kid. This is the debut one-woman show from Bethan Screen... and probably the last one because tbh, combining parenthood and performing sounds too hard :( Full of clowning, eggs, a sprinkle of audience interaction, practicing my strict telling off voice with voiceover, mid-late 90s cultural references, entertaining the wee ones with puppetry and juggling, Bethan births a surreal, and silly show about contemplating procreating.This is a show for 90s babies, people who are thinking about having children, for people who dont want kids, mothers or anyone who is a former baby.A perfect creative show - we left feeling enlightened, entertained and educated. - Young Londoner **** A mix of theatre, clowning and puppetry that will bring joy, its imagination is charming,- Voice Mag Wonderful, clever and heartfelt. Great clowning - which is the best way to deliver an important message about making art and making life. -Peta LilyFunny, touching, theatrically beguiling riff on the joys and challenges of motherhood and 'broody' feelings. It's unlike anything else I've ever seen in a theatre, richly enjoyable.- Audience member 2023

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