We've heard it all before haven't we? The cancer narrative - she's "so so brave" and "incredibly strong". The patronising messages and latent ableism that lie underneath them.

Bare Bones follows the experience of Molly Turtle, a young woman in her 20s, diagnosed with bone cancer, now back in the “real world”. With a fresh new disability, changing relationships and a whole new perspective of womanhood, reproduction, new body, self worth and mortality – it’s the oft-forgotten little ‘ancer’ that follows the Big C.

Written by Three Compost Bins and based on co-creator Beth Keller’s lived experience, Bare Bones is a 45 minute work in progress play that exposes the limitations of the Cancer narrative in representing ‘what comes next’, with a wee bit of audience interaction and some laughs along the way.

Access

Please note there are no facilities for headset audio description in these performances.

Production Notes (a pre-recorded show introduction describing set, characters and visual elements of the show) will be made available for download on this event page one week prior to the performance date.

The artist has also integrated self-description into the performance.

Tickets are offered at subsidised or full price to all audience members.  There are no ‘qualifying criteria’ for a subsidised place.  If you can afford a full price ticket, please buy one, as this will support Amplify in continuing to offer free and subsidised development opportunities for artists across the Midlands region.

These are work-in-progress performances and therefore are still in development.  This includes elements of accessibility.  We always appreciate feedback on access.  Please do not hesitate to get in touch via access@nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk.

Three Compost Bins or 3CB (Beth Keller and Grace Cook) is a company focused on making work that is excessively inclusive, accessible and collaborative, platforming important stories that tackle damaging narratives.