When Clem first dates Luke, she is a 32-year-old ambitious go-getter woman, (eggcount 115), with no interest in motherhood. Four years later, and happily in love, she decides she does want a child after all. Clem and Luke then gradually find themselves in a crisis of infertility, in which Clem becomes increasingly obsessed with time, (insisting it is going too fast), and counting things (like her remaining eggcount)… . To make matters worse, Clem’s older and best friend, Ruth, accidentally conceives a second child, aggravating her despair. By the time Clem is 42 (eggcount 7) she has become mentally and emotionally absent, slipping in and out of her own ‘egg-time’ (which runs faster than everyone else’s). Luke, fearing he has lost her, suggests that it’s time to give up on ‘project baby’.
to convey the spent and squandered ovulations that come to haunt the protagonist. The story’s 10-year passage of time is made explicit to the audience through an ever-present visual display of Clem’s remaining egg count, a forcible reminder of her ever diminishing odds.About 500
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Runtime:
66 mins
Genres: Drama, OnComm Applicants
Venue:
VAULT Festival
Brand: Simona Hughes
Directors: Simona Hughes
Programme: View Production Programme [PDF]
Performers: Dickon Farmer, Joanna Nevin, Stephanie Fuller
Censorship Notifications::
Over 12
Parental Guidance
Footage Quality: Good
Awards: OnComm Online Commendation
Performance Date: 11/05/2020 - 11/05/2020
Writer: Simona Hughes
Producer: Burcu Con
Sound Crew: Jack Baxter & Dylan Saberton
Lighting Crew: Douglas Baker
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