Nightingale Productions and Joanne Hartstone Present CARRIED AWAY

Crib, check. Nappies, check. Weird, breast-pump thing, check. Losing mind, check. Mum on speed-dial, quickest route to hospital mapped. Phoebe discovers she's pregnant again after a miscarriage and wants to talk. You're invited into the bedroom of a girl in her mid-twenties frantically trying to figure out what it means to be a woman, to be an adult, to just be a functioning human. An honest conversation about the unspoken problems we're not allowed to show we're struggling with. A story about big decisions, bad advice, and making it up as you go along. Fresh, frank new solo-show about starting again.

Carried Away came into existence because early last year Alexandra Simonet and Lizzie Grace discovered that both of their mothers had gone through multiple miscarriages. They had to know more, they had to open the conversation about this taboo topic. Through research and development they came across many inspiring stories from other women who had lost babies. They were astounded by how little conversation there is in today's society about the topic, particularly because in the UK 1 in 6 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Determined to get the conversation going and to let women who have miscarried know they are not alone, Alexandra and Lizzie decided to write Carried Away. They debuted the show at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe and picked up some amazing reviews. Now they have collaborated with Joanne Hartstone to bring it to the Noel Lothian at the Adelaide Fringe this year.

Alexandra and Lizzie met whilst training at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and both went on to work with Patch of Blue Theatre Company. Whilst devising and writing 'We Live By The Sea' with Patch of Blue, they met director Casey Jay Andrews, founding member of Lion House Theatre and HookHitch Theatre. 'We Live By The Sea' enjoyed a sell out run at The 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, received a transfer to the Soho Playhouse in New York and picked up three awards at the 2017 Adelaide Fringe, including the Grahame F. Smith Peace Foundation Award for promoting human rights through theatre. It was also in Adelaide where they met Joanne Hartstone, who at the time was presenting 'We Live By The Sea' and also her own sell-out one woman show 'The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign.' From working with Joanne and seeing her passion for promoting female stories in theatre, they couldn't resist asking her to present Carried Away. Casey Jay Andrews and Laura Trundle are joint artistic directors of HookHitch Theatre, whose previous work has won the 48 Hour Film Project Audience Award, and has been nominated for the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund, The Scottish Daily Mail Award, Ideastap Underbelly Award, NSDF Award and Musical Theatre Network Awards. Casey Jay Andrews is an alumnus of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society's Emerging Producer's Development Programme.

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