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Smother

Climbing the narrow stairs of a three-sided tower, a girl searches for her lost cherries, is pushed aside by a braying buggy and tries not to throw the baby out with the bath water. Smother is a story of emotional resilience, adaptability, loneliness and joy, of constant battles and glorified victories.

Housed in the dolls-house frame of 101 Kings Cross Road which rests precariously above London’s hidden  river Fleet, the inhabitants of Smother show us a glimpse of a world where young parents navigate their own adulthood amidst the complexities of raising a child.

Conceptualised and developed with a group of young parents and their children - from new born to nine year olds - Smother encapsulates the vastly different experiences of over twenty young mothers and fathers as they pass through the weekly Coram drop-in sessions. Artist Sarah Cole began collaborating with Coram Young Parents Project in July 2009, and alongside composer Jules Maxwell, has worked with the group to direct an experience which offers the audience a rare invitation into a deeply honest and intimate space.

The Young Parents Project is one of many oppurtunities for support that families can access at the Coram Centre and works primarily with young mothers and fathers under the age of twenty.  Coram was established in 1739, when Thomas Coram opened the Foundling Hospital.

Artangel has pioneered new ways of collaborating with artists and engaging audiences in an ambitious series of new commissions since the early 1990s. Artangel Interaction develops projects and events that extend opportunities for collaboration and participation. Smother is an Artangel Interaction project in collaboration with Coram Young Parents Project and Jonathan Woolf architects, generously supported by John Lyon’s Charity, the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Reveal. Artangel is supported by Arts Council England, Artangel International Circle, Special Angels and the Company of Angels.  www.artangel.org.uk