Yoga Class develops six short monologues (10 mins) by emerging Welsh & British writers, examining the theme of motherhood and childlessness. Between our late 20s and early 40s, women’s lives are hugely impacted by their child status. It touches every aspect of our lives and fundamentally alters how we exist in the world.
The monologues revolve around a weekly yoga class, which draws together 6 women each with their own relationship to childlessness and motherhood. They flow through the movement: warrior pose, sphynx…happy baby. Each pose serves as a catalyst for a monologue, offering a window into the characters’ lives. While the monologues exist in the world with one another, they are never collectively experienced: they are both congruent and totally alone.
Yoga Class is co-directed by Laura Meaton & Alice Ecklund, produced by Caitlin Richards.
We’re looking to commission 3 scripts from writers that respond to the prompt of examining a relationship to being childfree, childlessness and motherhood. Pieces could touch on embracing childlessness, the fear of straying away from family structures, the challenges or joys of pregnancy or motherhood, navigating infertility, the risks of childbirth: we’re interested in your ideas and viewpoint as a writer. The piece can be funny, vulnerable, absurd, raging, autobiographical, fictional. Above all, we want these pieces to discuss topics that we might talk about privately but that are rarely discussed in the mainstream.
We are accepting applications from writers and performers across the UK, though please note the R&D is in Wales.
Find out more and apply here.
Deadline: 31 March 2024
Source: Arts Jobs