Deborah Pearson

Maker of Live Things

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Baby Steps

Baby Steps is the winner of the 2023 Honours for Eurodram – the European Network for Drama in Translation.

Baby Steps is a short play about giving birth during lockdown. It was commissioned, translated and directed by Ricardo Correia as the first in a quartet of short plays from European writers during lockdown. It’s published in Portuguese by Edicoes Humus as part of a collection called ‘Huis Clos: A Europa entre 4 Paredes’ (2022). The other plays were written by Vanesa Sotelo, Julia Holewinska and Maxi Obexer.

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