Hush
Is the womb half full or half empty?
Shortlisted for the 2020 NT Literary Awards Drama prize.
Shortlisted for the Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
“The writing is visceral and vital, sometimes even brutal, but always with humour and hope. The play cuts through conventional understandings of motherhood to offer something deeply personal and heartbreakingly honest. It is an important addition to the repertoire and signals a writer to watch.”
Cast: 5 W
Nina’s waters have broken early and she is slowly losing her grip on reality. Is Nina too messed up to be a mother? Or is she old enough and ugly enough to see this through? And maybe that thing slithering around in her ultrasound isn’t a baby at all…
Production History
Premiered at Flight Path Theatre in April 2022 [director Lucy Clements]; produced by New Ghosts Theatre Company.
Brown’s Mart Theatre May 2022 [director Lucy Clements]; produced by New Ghosts Theatre Company and Brown’s Mart.
Reviews
“part comedy, part family drama, and part body horror, wrapping up all the elements of pregnancy, birthing, and motherhood with a wry, straight-eyed honesty.” - Night Writes
“A thoroughly gripping, emotional and thought-provoking theatre work” – Reviews by Judith
“Powerful theatre… a heart-stopper of a show” – Television is Furniture
“Guttural, brutal, dense, complex, honest and meticulously written” – ATYP
Photos by Clare Hawley and Charlie Bliss
