“The day I've been dreading arrives. All the answers I have prepared go out of my head when she asks me, “Where's my Daddy?”
A painfully honest insight into the world of a young single mother, this autobiographical piece is about forcing yourself to fit the mould, looking for answers in the wrong places and facing up to your responsibilities when you've bitten off more than you can chew.
Written and performed by Elinor Coleman, with live onstage music, Baby Daddy is a funny, rude and infectious musical account of life in your twenties with a baby in tow.
The show took the form of a series of musical vignettes that carry the audience on a journey through Ellie’s twenties. Through a mixture of narrative, spoken word and song, Ellie invites the audience to experience the realities of single parenthood.
Convinced that the world doesn’t see her family unit as a complete and proper one, Ellie grapples with a quest to find a father for her child, whilst exploring topics such as sex after childbirth, societal perceptions of lone parents, abortion and family expectations.
When her plans for creating a ‘complete’ family unit fail and the world seems to fall apart around her, Ellie is forced to re-evaluate the situation and come to terms with a reality which isn’t perhaps as bad as it seemed.
REVIEWS
“Hilarious and frank” Stage Talk Magazine
“A life affirming show” Roxana Silbert, Birmingham REP
“Joyful, sorrowful, crushing and elating in equal measures. An absolute must see.” @lylebignon
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CREATIVE TEAM
WRITER & PERFORMER | Elinor Coleman
DIRECTOR | Sarah Hamilton Baker
MUSICIAN | Ricardo Rocha
SOUND DESIGN | Annie Mahtani
LIGHTING DESIGN | Chahine Yavrovan
Produced by The Birmingham REP.
Carbon Theatre supported Eli to produce the show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018.