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“Heartwarming, funny and deeply honest in a way that no mother could fail to appreciate, The Good Enough Mums Club captures the frustration, isolation and occasional joy of early motherhood in a frank and totally relatable story.”
“As mothers we will always worry about how we are doing, how our kids are doing, and wonder if we are doing enough. Doing enough and being enough are totally different things. I now know that it is OK to be a bit crap.”
“This production comes as a refreshing change from the glitzy, and often unachievable, stories that musical theatre thrusts at us…an expertly crafted show that asks for support rather than castigating the rest of the world for its actively judgmental stance.”
I think people always say ‘Oh a project with almost all mums, that’s interesting…’ but then when you’re part of this amazing team of women – who understand an experience you share, that totally get some of the things that are difficult, or that are amazing – everyone feels so connected and empowered to share their stories and their truths.
“For far too long, women in the arts have felt that they have to choose between being a mother (or admitting to being a mother) and the work they love. There are many incredibly talented women whose careers should be much bigger than they are because they can't juggle a year-long contract .”
There are three Ps all mums need in their life right now: the opportunity to pee in peace, prosecco and podcasts. I say this as someone who until lockdown didn’t really understand podcasts. I already have someone talking at me constantly, why would I need more chatter?
“When I then saw the clip of the Good Enough Mums Club on YouTube I knew I had to go to the session. If someone could create a musical like that, then I would be silly to not go to a session run by her.”
“I don’t know exactly when it all changed. Looking back it had to be somewhere between three and five months after Maisie was born, but there was no obvious point where things became difficult. Suddenly I was struggling.”
“But the wonderful thing about this feel-good musical with its catchy tunes, down to earth humour and pacey direction is that whilst acknowledging the darker side, it succeeds in counteracting, in an age of constant advertising, the pressure put on mothers to be super mums.”
“I’m a big believer in the power of story so I think we always start with that, what’s the story we’re trying to tell? Who are we telling it for? If you know those things, it makes it easier to create collaboratively because everyone knows the direction.”
Emily Beecher speaks about the Good Enough Mums Club and maternal mental health at the Knee High Project Challenge launch in London…