Be My Baby (2008)
Directed by Mark Ireson
Performances: Tuesday 19 to Saturday 23 August 2008, Prompt Corner, at 7.30pm
Double bill with The Brylcreem Boys
Contents
Introduction
England 1964. The sixties weren't swinging for girls like Mary, nineteen, single and seven months pregnant. Bundled off to St Saviour's, a church run mother and baby home to avoid the stigma of being a single mother, arrangements are made for their babies to be adopted immediately they are born. Despite being cut off from their families and the daily battles with a no-nonsense Matron, the girls in the home find comfort in each other's friendship, but ultimately they must face their individual tragedies alone.
Set to the uplifting sounds of 60s girl group pop by The Shangri-Las, The Dixie Cups and The Ronettes, Be My Baby follows Mary and her fellow inmates as they cling to youthful fantasies of romance and marriage but instead are drawn inexorably towards outraged but powerless adulthood.
There are 4 substantial parts for young women, with playing ages of 17 to early 20s, as well as the older characters of the Matron and Mary’s mother.
Cast
- Mary - Kat Madriaga
- Queenie - Ruth Huggett
- Norma - Suzanne Morgan
- Dolores - Sinéad O'Neill
- Mrs Adams - Jan Horne
- Matron - Vanessa Colls
Crew
- Stage Manager - Graham Clements
- Lighting Design - Induja Bandara
- Sound Design - Kevin Leach
- Lighting and Sound Operator - Jenny Harris
- Costumes, bump maker and pregnancy advisor - Val Williams
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