Baby Cake by Kerensa Diball and Yuhui Ng-Rodriguez

Two women wearing belted blue jeans and white tshirts stand on either side of a large fern. One holds a spray bottle to its leaves; the other holds a box cutter.

Presented by Darebin Arts Speakeasy in association with Next Wave

Two performers, one baby. One life, one choice. Your hosts, Kerensa and Yuhui, are both women of childbearing age. One is a mother. The other is not. Both are acutely aware that single decision has the power to alter the course of one’s entire life.  

This compelling live performance slips between the autobiographical and the absurd, the banal and the surreal, the conversational and the theatrical. Amidst chaos and control, restraint and rebellion, a baby watches the performance unfold from his throne. Drawing on their interest in domestic ritual, Diball and Ng-Rodriguez invite you in and offer morsels to share. Partake in their candid response to the pressures of being a good woman, a bad mother, becoming our mothers and what it means to have children. Or not.

Image by Nura S

Next wave's logo in black text

When

  • Thursday, 10 May 2018 | 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
  • Friday, 11 May 2018 | 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
  • Saturday, 12 May 2018 | 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
  • Sunday, 13 May 2018 | 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
  • Sunday, 13 May 2018 | 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM

Location

Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, 189 High Street, Northcote, 3070, View Map

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