Pinky and April always see each other about town. They are both 15 but that’s the ONLY thing they have in common. They have different friends, different styles, and different tastes. Or so they think…
Pinky hangs out on College Green, drinking, smoking fags (and anything else that’s going around) with Phil and her friends who are pierced up, grunged out, coloured in, and biker booted.
April doesn’t. She hangs out on Park Street, with Marco and the other ‘streetys’. Snow white trainers, designer labels and every hair exactly in place, is what counts in her part of town.
But despite their differences Pinky and April just can’t help getting under each other’s skin. And somehow, despite everything, they end up together at Tinley Road School for young mums.
Baby Baby takes a look at the pressures (and pleasures) of becoming a young mum. It doesn’t set out to preach about the trials and tribulations of becoming an underage parent. It educates, stimulates discussion and raises awareness about the realities of motherhood – whatever age. Although the central theme of the play is teen pregnancy the piece also addresses the differences young people identify amongst themselves, the importance placed on fashion and subsequently your identity and sense of self. How does your ‘look’ identify your principles and beliefs?
The play raises questions and poses a challenge, demanding its audience to think and rethink their perceptions and prejudices about people – the way they look and their life choices.
Baby Baby will open at the Garrison Theatre in Shetland in January and then tour across Scotland in February and March 2009. Baby Baby is a co-production between Perissology Theatre Productions and Stellar Quines Theatre Company in Association with Shetland Arts.
As our site is currently under construction for more information about Baby Baby please go to the Stellar Quines website; www.stellarquines.com
Perissology supports Young Audiences Scotland