Kim still lives in Pontypridd, with her husband and son(Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)
It sold out in Cardiff and now the one-woman show from Welsh TV star, Kimberley Nixon, will be performed in her home town of Pontypridd.
A special show to kick off a UK tour and performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, Baby Brain will be at Yma on Saturday, May 30. Its debut performance, at Cardiff's Porters, sold-out.
The star of Sky's Under Salt Marsh and cult Channel 4 series, Fresh Meat, Kimberley co-wrote as well as stars in the dark comedy. Baby Brain tells the story of new mother Cass as she navigates postpartum psychosis through stand-up routines, voice notes, and devastating emotional honesty.
The 55-minute show breaks the fourth wall, playing with theatrical form to immerse audiences in Cass's struggle to distinguish reality from delusion. It was co-written by Nixon with writer-directors Tim Clague & Danny Stack of Nelson Nutmeg Pictures. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter
Kimberley Nixon said of performing the UK tour kick-off show in Ponty: "There's something a bit terrifying about doing this show in Pontypridd. Everyone you've ever known is suddenly in the audience, including the woman who taught you in primary school. But it also feels like exactly where Baby Brain should start its tour. The show is about being a mother, and Pontypridd is where I first learned what that meant. I can't wait to bring it home."
Read more on why Kimberley still lives in Pontypridd, which is just down the road from where she grew up, in Ynysybwl.
Baby Brain has been endorsed by Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP), the UK's leading charity for women and families affected by the condition.
Postpartum psychosis affects approximately 1-2 in 1,000 new mothers, often within the first weeks after birth, and remains one of the least-understood maternal mental health emergencies.
Nixon, who has spoken publicly about her own experience of severe perinatal OCD and built a 300,000-strong Instagram community around maternal mental health, draws on that broader advocacy in shaping the show.
Last year she spoke to WalesOnline about her diagnosis and you can read the full interview about her experiences, here.
At the time Kimberley said: "It's about saying the scary thing out loud and taking away the shame and the stigma of it. I think half of my problem was being so ashamed, and second guessing what people think of me and once you've let go of that, you can just concentrate on getting better and that's when I started to recover."
The Pontypridd performance opens a tour that travels to the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival in Droitwich the following night, then on through Poole, Manchester and Camden, before appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe (Assembly) in August.
Danny Stack, co-writer and director, said: "The reaction to the show has been extraordinary. We sold out Cardiff, hit 150% on our Kickstarter, and at every preview people stayed behind to talk to Kim.
"Postpartum psychosis is a deeply unsettling condition, no laughing matter at all, but we use comedy to really understand what a new mum is experiencing. Getting APP to endorse Baby Brain means everything; the people who understand this condition better than anyone telling us we got it right."
Tickets for Baby Brain, at Yma, Pontypridd, are on sale now. You can buy them, here.
