Winner of the Irish Times Best New Play award 2010. Carmel Winters is an exciting new voice for the stage. Already known for her sharp, intelligent screenwriting, she is now making a name for herself as an up and coming voice in Irish theatre. B for Baby is her first full length play with a professional production. Following the play's highly acclaimed premiere Autumn 2010, B for Baby returned with an Irish tour and a run at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 24 Sept - 6 Nov 2011.

'It was like we were two children - two innocent children just...playing' Mrs C wants a baby not a Christmas tree. B wants a real hairdresser's scissors and a wife. D wants a snow globe and 'a big head of dirty auld curls'. All of them want their own place in the world. And if they can't find it, they'll create one of their own. The play follows B and D in the care home where they are residents, and where Mrs C is a carer, on their special - 'very fecking special' - journey towards happiness. B for Baby is a tender, sharp-witted new play set in a residential care home for people with severe learning disabilities. Treating this taboo subject with humanity and humour, the piece's acuity and generously compassionate portraits result in a moving, if at times uncomfortable, drama. Poignantly exploring forbidden topics, B for Baby invites the reader or audience to rediscover the power and joy of make-believe. The play was first presented by the Abbey Theatre on the Peacock Stage, September 2010.