by Katy Lindemann | 5 Sep 2019 | FF blog
Fertility Fest 2019 has been a three week extravaganza of incredible talks, workshops, displays, discussions and performances: I laughed, I cried, I felt informed, inspired, educated, engaged, enraged, encouraged, moved, motivated — and part of something very special...
by Katy Lindemann | 16 Apr 2019 | FF blog
It may be a man’s world, but not when it comes to infertility. For too long the male experience has been invisible. Read any article about infertility – chances are it’ll focus on the female’s body and the woman’s experience. Watch or listen to any segment about...
by Katy Lindemann | 27 Mar 2019 | FF blog
This year is the biggest festival programme yet, and the incredible actor Maxine Peake will be starring in the stage dramatisation of Julia Leigh’s powerful memoir Avalanche: A Love Story, the centrepiece of Fertility Fest 2019. When I first read Avalanche, I...
by Katy Lindemann | 11 Mar 2019 | FF blog
Following on from the previous posts exploring the first and second pillars of Fertility Fest’s social mission — improving patient support and public discourse around infertility — in this post we’ll look at the third pillar: 3. To improve fertility education — young...
by Katy Lindemann | 8 Mar 2019 | FF blog
Following on from the previous post exploring the first pillar of Fertility Fest’s social mission — improving patient support — in this post we’ll look at the second pillar: 2. To improve the level of public conversation about infertility and reproductive...
by Katy Lindemann | 4 Mar 2019 | FF blog
Fertility Fest isn’t just one of London’s top arts festivals — it has a very clear social mission. We believe in the power that artists have to tell personal stories and to explore complex societal issues, and that by bringing the arts and science together in a...
