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PREVIOUS WORK

BABY IN THE MIRROR

Written & Created by: Sammy J Glover and Stella Marie Sophie

Performed by

Stella Marie Sophie, Derek Mitchell and Zoë West

Directed by Sammy J Glover

Sound Designer: Roly Botha

Lighting Designer: David Doyle

Stage Manager: Rosh Conn

Produced by SecondAdolescence

SUMMERHALL - EDINBURGH FRINGE - 2025

★★★★★ Young(ish) Perspective
A stunning debut – Baby In The Mirror is an absolute must see representing queer parenting with exceptional heart

★★★★★ Binge Fringe
"SecondAdolescence have brought something very special to Summerhall"

★★★★★ North West End
"one of those rare Fringe shows that lands with total emotional clarity

★★★★ Theatre & Tonic
"sophisticated storytelling"

★★★★ EdFest Mag
"Intimate, emotionally rich characters and complex relationships... SecondAdolescence are absolutely one to watch"

"I felt all Jo’s wants and reservations as clearly as if they were drawn onto their skin...Baby in the Mirror is a quiet, thoughtful contribution to the emotionally and logistically complex world of a queer couple" - Kate Wyver

Awards
2025 Fringe Theatre Award
2025 Bragi Award for Excellence & Creativity in New Writing
2025 Bragi 'Staff Choice' Award

Lena and Joey are having a baby

Lena's bought a pinstripe suit.

Joey's soaking wet.

A show about queer family making and what it takes to make one.

COMMUNITY WORK WITH FEAT.THEATRE

An intergenerational co-creation project made with queer communities in Stockton and Teesside, commissioned by ARC Stockton in 2023, presented in 2024.

We shared a documentary video followed by a performance and discussion to an invited audience in Stockton. It explored the queer ancestry of the area and looked towards creating a legacy for the area.

We will archive the project a year on from its conception, and in the meantime are still accepting submissions to a Teesside-based Zine.

Hear Me Out

The Welcome Revolution

A one woman show made with communities around the UK, exploring the idea of Welcome. (2018-19)

We performed at Camden People's Theatre, Gerry's at Theatre Royal Stratford East, ZOO Venues at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018, Warwick Arts Centre, York Theatre Royal, Hull Truck Theatre and Artsdepot after engaging with communities in Camden, Stratford, Finchley, Edinburgh, Stockton, Coventry, Hull and York.

Stella is an incredibly skilled storyteller and has a gift for making every single audience member feel included

Lucy Caradog, Three Weeks Edinburgh

Sample (Video)

Sample (Script extract)

I put the pot on the counter. Not everyone’s wishes could fit inside it. Someone told me another story about being uprooted:

ON MIC: “My daughter, do you remember it was that little child, Kurd, on the Turkish beach. My daughter, I have, that I have, she was five years old, she said, Mummy she said when she grew up she wants to be a Mermaid to rescue these children. I couldn't, I was crying and crying, she wants to be mermaid she saw this child, because one child, showed all the world how they look. She said I want to mermaid mummy to rescue, when I grow I up I want to be mermaid. Such a nice… She knows, she knows her father was a refugee. Last week she said, mummy I am afraid of third world war, she’s six years old, mummy I am afraid of war, so am I gonna be refugee? No, you are fine here, don’t worry”

Sample (Script extract)

Vote parliament, vote ‘democracy’. Vote waiting 5 years to make a change, vote the police, vote to sit one seat down from them on the tube, vote James Corden on comic relief, vote out of sight out of mind, vote your friends’ opinions, vote your bubble, vote a reason to hate the £5 note, vote to wait. Vote for yourself, vote to be angry, vote to cry, vote to listen, vote to learn, vote to work all of your life, vote money, vote another system, vote to fight, vote not to, vote for revolution and wait for it to happen, vote who gives a fuck what you vote.

A multi-authored piece interrogating the UK’s response to the Refugee Crisis in 2016.

After developing the piece as part of Wilton’s Music Hall’s Plays Without Décor scheme, it performed at the National Student Drama Festival 2017.

a powerful spoken-word piece directed by Josie Davies, appealed to the fence-sitters to act... screamed for us to take action - and underlined the consequences for refugees if we do not

Mary O’Connor, The Sunday Times