BIRTH: The Musical // NLPG Supporting Materials
A raw, darkly funny, and musically rich exploration of modern parenthood, told through the eyes of a couple thrown into the chaos of a high-risk pregnancy. From peeing on a stick to the NICU waiting room, it unpacks the physical, emotional, and systemic realities of birth today. With chorus lines of midwives, lactation consultants, and snarky grandparents, this is not your Hollywood birth story—it’s messier, more musical, and far more true.
The Music
Here’s a 3-minute compilation of snippets from early song ideas from BIRTH, written by Robert Moutrey & Sam Asbury, performed by Sam Asbury. These are rough demos from the writing room – not final arrangements – but they give a flavour of the musical world we’re building.
The images on this page are AI-generated concept sketches. They aren’t production designs or casting – just a way for us to explore the mood of the show. As the project develops, these ideas will be replaced by real photos, design visuals and rehearsal shots.
The Context
BIRTH: The Musical is a sharp, irreverent, and deeply human new musical comedy about the myths, mess, and modern medical machinery of pregnancy and birth.
When Lucy and Gary’s contraception fails, they’re flung into a world of scans, dreams, and diagnoses. What begins as a rom-com twist quickly unravels into a complex journey through fetal growth restriction, pre-eclampsia, and neonatal intensive care. Along the way, they meet a kaleidoscope of characters – compassionate nurses, pompous doctors, outdated grandparents, yoga fanatics, and a singing lactation consultant – bringing their own truths and contradictions to the story of birth.
Told through punchy ensemble numbers, heartfelt duets, and brutally honest solos, the show blends comedy with quiet devastation. It’s at once a love story, a protest song, and a public health call to arms-drawing attention to the fragile, unequal, and too-often-sidelined experiences of new mothers and their babies.
As the world outside rages on with politics, war, and economy, BIRTH zooms in on the most radical act of all: supporting the beginning of life. Because how we treat our mothers, our midwives, and our tiniest citizens determines everything that comes after.
Unapologetically funny, emotionally tender, and politically charged, BIRTH is not a musical about having a baby. It’s about what kind of world that baby is born into-and what kind of society we dare to build.