Practice
Hannah is a queer theatre maker, writer, producer and academic interested in the intersection of live and digital performance, queer aesthetics, co-creation and creative well-being. Her current project is The Queer Parenthood Project in partnership with The University of Oxford and Birmingham Shout Festival building on the work of The Queer Motherhood Project.
A radical view of Motherhood, fusing live music, video and spoken word and incorporating elements of verbatim through the lived experience.
The Queer Motherhood Project featured video contributions from comedian, Jen Brister and writer and psychotherapist Stella Duffy. The project was commissioned by Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), media partners were DIVA and it was funded by Arts Council, Birmingham Pride, Birmingham Shout Festival and The Sir Barry Jackson Trust. It played at The Kings Head Theatre, London following MAC.
Hannah was invited to be a keynote speaker at Queer Kinship across Time and Space, an interdisciplinary conference at The University of Oxford where she presented this new work and findings.
This is a warm-hearted, generous-spirited show which speaks to, and for, women whose experiences are not widely acknowledged.
This powerful show gives validation to the experience of queer mothers. It obviously spoke strongly to the majority of viewers but deserves to be seen by a much wider audience.
Credits: Photography by Rachel Jones and Nevaeh Graver, Videography by Rachel Jones, Music by Nik Haley
