Overview
What do you know about abortion? What do you think about it? Why can we
debate it as an idea, but not talk about it as an experience? With one
in three women in the UK having had an abortion I Told My Mum I Was
Going on an R.E. Trip ...explores what seems to be one of society's last
taboos. A play written for a young, multi-talented female ensemble, I
Told My Mum I Was Going on an R.E. Trip ...uses verbatim text, live
music, beats and rhyme to portray the stories of real women who've
experienced pregnancy and abortion. This funny, frank, and moving play
is about as far from a run-of-the-mill sexual health lecture as is
imaginable. I Told My Mum I Was Going on an R.E. Trip ...premiered at
Contact, Manchester on 1 February 2017, in a co-production with 20
Stories High