NELSON NUTMEG PICTURES
"Guides the audience from laughter to heartbreak, often within the space of a single scene"
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A new play about motherhood, giving birth, postpartum psychosis and stand-up comedy! A new mother, Cass, tackles her mental health crisis, with dark humour, bright wit, brutal honesty and dreams of becoming a comic. A ‘slightly true story’ starring BAFTA winner Kimberley Nixon (C4’s Fresh Meat, Wild Child).
“Baby Brain is a brave, blisteringly honest piece of theatre that leaves you laughing, devastated, and profoundly changed.”
The Edit Wales
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"Nixon is excellent..."
North West End
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"Funny-ha-ha through funny-peculiar to distorted reality"
British Theatre Guide
"A vital, eye-opening piece of theatre "
Canal Street Media
"Kimberley Nixon is turning one of the darkest experiences of motherhood into a call for change."
Channel 4 News
"An inventive and exciting piece of new writing about a hugely important topic"
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Baby Brain is endorsed by Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP), the UK's leading charity for women and families affected by the condition. Postpartum psychosis affects approximately 1-2 in 1,000 new mothers, often within the first weeks after birth, and remains one of the least-understood maternal mental health emergencies. Nixon, who has spoken publicly about her own experience of severe perinatal OCD and built a 300,000-strong Instagram community around maternal mental health, draws on that broader advocacy in shaping the show.
TheatreNews.com
The audience included lots of couples and small groups, it wasn’t just women as I had originally expected, and while plenty of the humour was largely relatable to universal post-partum themes (the giant hospital nappies, breastfeeding, the pressure of social media etc), the more serious parts jolted the audience into an uncomfortable but sympathetic viewpoint. What I found interesting was how immersive the play could be and how empathetic the audience would become, not only to her, but to the condition itself through the way the play was put together.
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Adventures In Theatreland
The writing is honest and emotionally unflinching, handling its subject matter with sensitivity while never shying away from its darker realities.
North West End UK
Thanks to Nixon's strong performance, it's a definite conversation starter that will linger in its audience's minds.
British Theatre Guide
Baby Brain compels audiences to experience the complexities of trying to relate to someone who has postpartum psychosis.