No Seasons

A new work about transness and the ethics of IVF

'No Seasons' is a new experimental work by Oliver Ayres ('I'm Ready To Talk Now' - Best Experimental, Change Maker Award) exploring gender, IVF, disability, and parenthood.

“When I was nineteen years old, I had my eggs frozen before I started taking hormones - and prior to my diagnosis with a rare and chronic immune condition. Almost ten years later, and what seemed like a hypothetical future is slowly becoming my reality - but what is my ethical responsibility in bringing children into this world? And if I choose not to use my eggs to have my own children, can I live with myself if I donate them to other families, knowing that one day they may search for their biological mother - and find their father instead.”

Each audience member will be asked to choose from three options before entering the theatre: ‘I am a parent/step-parent/guardian etc.’, ‘I am not, but I may be someday’ and ‘I am not and I never will be’.

Photos by Jacquie Manning