Welcome back to the 161st episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. With the theatres on a come back we offer a mix of both reviews of live shows we've seen and continued reviews of prophet productions! For our 161st episode we bring our last episode 2023 and it's a duet review of the world premiere of Hypothetical Baby, written and performed by Rachel Cairns, directed by Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster, presented by The Howland Company. Join Jillian Robinson and Ryan Borochovitz, as they discuss the least myopic solo show they’ve ever seen, the ongoing need to vocalize and equalize reproductive facts and rights, and what living with a uterus can do to your brain!

Hypothetical Baby played at Tarragon Theatre (30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto, ON) for a limited run from December 8 to 17, 2023. To learn more about the production, please see the following link: https://howlandcompanytheatre.com/shows/hypothetical-baby/

This review contains wall-to-wall SPOILERS for Hypothetical Baby. Due to the run already being complete by the time of this episode’s release, we felt no need to begin with a “non-spoiler” section before diving deeper. If a revival of the production happens to be on the horizon at your time of viewing/listing, we recommend waiting until after you’ve seen the show before tuning in, or at least proceeding at your own risk. 

Check out Rachel Cairns’s other thematically-relevant project, ABORSH: A Podcast about Abortion in Canada: https://www.aborsh.com/ (available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you do your listening). 

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