A Shared Breath

Meg had two mothers, Evie and Gillian. Her first failed her. Her second struggles to understand her. And now she is a mother herself...

A revelatory new play about adoption, A Shared Breath by Linda Morse, is the story of Meg and her two mothers. The drama cleverly interweaves the stories of the three women in a broad narrative sweep, condensing their lives into an hour of riveting theatre. Linda’s writing sensitively exposes both the resilience and the vulnerability of the characters, while director Pete Talman’s ability to create dramatic visual and emotional impact, shapes this moving piece of theatre.

In a superb performance Tori Deffee, single-handedly plays all the roles, making startling and instantaneous changes between them with absolute control and conviction.

This is a play which combines humour and sadness, tenderness and savagery and, with devastating poignancy, demonstrates how the bruised fates of these women are inextricably and irreversibly linked.

A Shared Breath opens the gateway labelled ‘Adoption’ and steps through into a minefield. The play is followed by a Question and Answer opportunity with the writer, actor, director and a skilled facilitator.