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February 2020: Lilly made a Major (Lazer) collaboration with Abortion Rights UK and Poplar Union organising a performance fundraising bonanza for the organisation and future project All Aboard! Abortion Rights, the night raised over £1,200.

The night featured a fabulous line up of acts:

• Sadie Sinner
  (Performer powerhouse and Creator of CocoaButterClub)
• Charlie Dinkin
  (Comedian and writer for BBC studios and the news quiz with Nish Kumar)
• Sian Clarke
  (Patriarchy smashing performer with the hit show The Sian Clark experience)
• Sikisa ‘Twix’ Bostwick-Barnes
  (Funny Women 2016 (Semi-Finalist) and BBC New Comedian competition 2017)
• Davinia Hamilton & Marta Vella
  (What life is like for women living under the abortion ban in Malta)
• Charlie George
  (LGBTQ New Comedian of the Year 2019 & Pride’s Got Talent finalist 2018)

As well as great acts, we had a Tanqueray Gin sponsored cocktail station in collaboration with Hawksmoor Cocktail bar and amazing auction prizes from our generous supporters Guilty Feminist, Deborah Francis-White, Shami Chakrabarti, Sarah Maple and Hawksmoor restaurant.

Initiative & Development

All Aboard! Abortion Rights is a developing initiative with Abortion Rights UK to create performance-based workshops which tackles abortion stigma aimed at young adults.

Young people face unique barriers when seeking accurate information about abortion, and in accessing abortion services, we’re creating a space in which we can exchange and be entertained, and formulate ideas for change, in a world where too often people make our bodies their business.

All Aboard! At Termination Station is an autobiographical comedy cabaret about Abortion… obvs!? A tale of pro-choice; it’s personal, not political. This is the unborn genius of performer and writer Lilly Burton. A solo show that truly has it all; singing, dancing and the ability to smash the crushing silence and stigma that still surrounds the experience of Abortion, BOOM!

“Why can’t I laugh about my own abortion experiences, why does no one want to talk to me about them and most importantly why is still such a taboo subject in society? I wanted to make a show that challenges the notion we are victims of our decisions to terminate. 1 in 3 women will have an abortion before the age of 45 years old and we need to normalise the conversation!”

– Lilly Burton

Awards

• Directors Choice Award 2019 Brighton Fringe from International Youth Arts Festival 

All Aboard At Termination Station was and performed at IYAF at The Rose Theatre, Kingston

• Pint Sized Playwriting Winning finalist 2019 from Pint-Sized plays

All Aboard at Termination Station was selected from over 1,500 submissions in the prestigious Pint-Sized Plays Festival for new writing at The Bunker Theatre Oct 2019.

Responses

“Lilly Burton’s All Aboard At Termination Station is the funniest show we’ve ever seen about abortion. Lilly’s extraordinary energy and glorious comic timing hold her in perfect stead as she articulates the arguments for access and challenges stigma through a frank account of her own abortion experiences.”

– Bechdel Theatre

-“Fearlessly funny and painfully poignant, Lilly Burton’s observation, writing and performance is just what the doctor ordered at such a dangerous moment for women’s rights.”

– Shami Chakrabarti

Lilly is a presenter for the new music network Fuel The Music – a community fighting to democratise the music industry and create a level playing field for talented aspiring musicians of all ages and all genres.