Babies Welcome at Special Park Theatre Performance of THE QUIET HOUSE

"There is a noise missing from this house and I can hear it all the time," says one of the characters in Gareth Farr's THE QUIET HOUSE. "The quiet deafens me."

It's the absence of a child being described in Farr's play about a couple's experience with in vitro fertilization (IVF).

In all probability, the house won't be quite as quiet as it normally is on the morning of July 5th, as North London's Park Theatre production of THE QUIET HOUSE will be holding its first Parent/Carer and Baby Performance.

Ticket-holders may carry a baby in their arms for the hour and thirty-five minute 11am performance. Patrons will be allowed to exit and enter the auditorium as needed, with extra facilities provided including buggy parking, a baby feeding area and a microwave.

The actors, of course, will be prepared for the inevitable extra noise.

Last December The Royal Court Theatre allowed babies at a special performance of Penelope Skinner's LINDA. While infants are a common sight at performances for children, allowing babies at performances of plays meant for adults is a practice now being greatly encouraged by the advocacy group Parents in Performing Arts.

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