Award-winning British musical comedian Tamar Broadbent is making her Toronto Fringe Festival debut this summer with her show Plus One. Through musical comedy, Plus One looks at pregnancy and new motherhood with an uncensored and honest lens.
Society places a lot of ridiculous expectations on new moms, and the show uses humour to bring out the truth. Plus One runs until July 12 at the Alumnae Theatre as part of the annual summer festival.
“I knew I wanted to have a baby, but the idea of being a ‘mom’ really scared me, it felt like you had to disappear from the world.” said Tamar Broadbent in a statement. “From giving up work to dealing with lightning crotch, it all seemed so much harder than my husband’s job of just bringing snacks to the hospital! I wrote this show to turn the chaos, fear, and unfairness of new motherhood into something cathartic and funny, and to remind other moms that they’re not alone. Most of all, I wanted to show my daughter that becoming a mom doesn’t mean you stop dreaming big. And now… here we are at the Toronto Fringe!”
Plus One
Plus One features 10 original songs that are performed live on the piano, including titles like I Tried Hard to Breastfeed, But It Sucked, A Mother’s Place is in the Wrong!, and Don’t You Wanna Have a Natural Birth?!
Broadbent takes on the gamut of experiences in what she’s calling her most personal show yet. She tackles everything from fertility tests to hospital snacks, to the ever changing definition of what society calls a “good mom”. It’s a take based on truth, finding humour in the midst of the confusion.
Above all, she wants to remind her audience that your own identity doesn’t have to be lost whenyou become a mother.
It’s a celebration of the real life world of parenting in all its beauty — and laughs.
Tamar Broadbent
Tamar is a comedian, improviser, singer-songwriter, actor, writer. She’s written and performed in five solo comedy shows, including Get Ugly, which was nominated for Best Comedy at Fringeworld, and Bet Life, which went on to be staged at the SoHo pPlayhouse in New York. She’s worked extensively for BBC Radio 4, including writing and performing songs and sketches, and co-wrote the book for Club Mex, produced by Global Musicals. She won the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Award.
TV credits include Doctors, The Bill and Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People, and she has appeared on Comedy Central Online.
She took a break from her performing career, previously writing about the single life with songs like Tube Ride of Shame, and got married (to a Canadian), and had a baby. The show brings her on stage story up to date.
Check out her musical humour here:
The Show
Babes-in-arms are welcome at Plus One, along with anyone who is a parent, has ever contemplated parenthood, or just enjoys an original musical about the messy beauty of real life.
The show takes places at Alumnae Theatre, Toronto Fringe, with performances July 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12.
- Find show details and tickets [HERE].
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