Stillmine is a verbatim play by Isabelle Defaut about stillbirth and baby loss, created from a collage of interviews with bereaved parents, midwives, and doctors.

Sensitive, reflective, and unflinching, the play gives voice to the remarkable words of people who have experienced first hand this largely unspoken part of life.

In the UK baby loss still affects thousands of families every year. Stillmine is a tribute to these incredible parents, and reminds us to celebrate the joy of every life, however brief.

Thanks to funding received from the National Lottery through Arts Council England in March 2022 we were able to start the research and development stage of Stillmine, which included a script-in-hand performance at the Power of Women Festival Fringe in Margate. We have since performed the work at The East Kent Hospital Trust as part of NHS midwifery training as well as a performance at the Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate, durning Baby Loss Awareness Week, October 2023.

With huge thanks to our partners: the Drama Department at the School of Arts, University of Kent; Sands; the Power of Women Festival; The East Kent Hospital Trust; Tom Thumb Theatre and Margate Arts Club.