The Good Enough Mums Club musical undergoes lockdown R&D and launches new podcast

Thanks to emergency Arts Council funding, musical romp The Good Enough Mums Club has been undergoing new development during the lockdown period, complete with a stellar cast and creative team.

Maisey Bawden (An Officer and a Gentleman, Honeymoon in Vegas), Louise Dearman (Wicked, Guys and Dolls), Gemma Knight Jones (Falsettos, The Lion King), Dianne Pilkington (Only Fool and Horses the Musical, Young Frankenstein) and Jade Samuels (tinned goods, Jumprov) have been working with director Hannah Chissick and composer Chris Passey to perfect the music, examine what a post-Covid tour could be like and write four new songs, which will feature in a new podcast series.

As an extension of the musical, the podcast explores the highs, lows and sleep deprivation of motherhood during this especially challenging time.  It has evolved into a movement of mothers spreading the message that you don’t have to be perfect and sometimes being good enough is best.

The Good Enough Mums Club is conceived, produced, directed, arranged, and performed by mothers. The show’s creator Emily Beecher and co-producers Sarah Shead and Jade Samuels are single mums who juggle work in the arts alongside motherhood. Working in the traditional style was not going to be possible so they are creating new pathways to balance work and lockdown family life.

Producers, Emily Beecher, Sarah Shead and Jade Samuels said: “ In creating the club we wanted to share our stories of being mums and to communicate the message of hope and acceptance we’ve discovered, born out of some of the darkest experiences of early motherhood. We recognise that every mum has their own story and we hope the club is a celebration of the ordinary things that make all mums extraordinary.”

For more information, please visit https://www.goodenoughmumsclub.com/.