Nanny
A new musical about the collision of reality and big dreams, directed by Sara Pascoe. With music by Matthew Floyd Jones.
Nanny is a play with songs about female friendship, ambition and the realities of modern caregiving.
Set over six weeks at a stay-and-play toddler group, it follows actor-nannies Amy and Leanne as they juggle demanding employers, financial instability and dwindling creative opportunities, while attempting to build a comedy double act.
Episodic in structure, the piece explores the tension between nurturing other people’s children and sustaining your own ambitions, asking what it means to “grow up” when life hasn’t unfolded as expected. As pressures mount — from work, relationships and the question of motherhood — their partnership is tested.
The radio version of the debut play for stage, written by actors Alana Ramsey and Lizzie Stables, with Jenny Rainsford.
With original songs by Matthew Floyd Jones, co-creator of West End musical Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder! and one half of Frisky & Mannish.
Directed by comedian and writer Sara Pascoe and produced by David Morley for Perfectly Normal productions, Nanny is funny, sharp and deeply relatable - a love letter to big dreams, messy friendships, and the invisible work that keeps everything going.
Alana Ramsey plays Amy
Lizzie Stables plays Lea
Matthew Floyd Jones plays Kim
Writers: Alana Ramsey, Lizzie Stables, Jenny Rainsford
Music: Matthew Floyd Jones
Sound Design: Chris O'Shaughnessy
Producers: David Morley, Alana Ramsey, Lizzie Stables
Director: Sara Pascoe
A Folio Theatre / Perfectly Normal production for BBC Radio 4
On radio
Broadcast
- Thu 21 May 202614:15BBC Radio 4
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