Two Nests
Love from both
Jessica was one of the founder of Two Nests Creation. Team members has a diverse background, consisting of social workers, artists and members of divorced families from Hong Kong and Taiwan. sharing the same passion for child-focused co-parenting. This pioneering approach to modern day parenting advocates the cooperation between separated parents in bringing up their children with all the love and attention that they can give.
In the past four years, Two Nests Creation has held numerous theatre workshops in local communities where families impacted by parental separation could share their experience and support each other.
Unspoken stories of the families
In 2018, the team published “Two Nests - Love from Both” based on true stories of divorced parents and co-parenting experiences. This book is the first of its kind in the Sinophone communities documenting the healing process of kids and parents from divorced families. The project was shortlisted as one of the eight finalists by the inaugural Gender Innovation Awards, organized by Taiwan Social and Family Affairs Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Socially Engaged
The team collaborated with different NGOs to share the stories of child-focused co-parenting. Through conducting workshops and sharing, we connected with families members of the separated family. We invited them to join the creating process, sharing their feeling by writing short poets. Later on, we incorporated their words into our drama performance.
From Book to Stage
In 2020,the we presented “Two Nests” in the form of a documentary interactive theatre through collecting true stories from divorced families and transforming them into a play. With the collaborative effort of professional performers and divorced families, the team hopes to enhance the public’s understanding of difficulties and struggles faced by divorced families and promoting the concept of “child-focused co-parenting”. The project has reached over 1000 people in the first year, including around 100 professionals from Hong Kong and Taiwan, divorced families, and members of the public.
Behind-the-scenes in【Two Nests,Love From Both Drama Performance】
Online sharing of an excerpt of【Two Nests,Love From Both Shadow Theatre】