Hot Flashes: Menopause Monologues
By Soundliness
Welcome to Hot Flashes: Menopause Monologues, where the shimmering heat of real-life truths meets the crackling sparks of creative fantasy.
This is not your mother’s menopause manual, nor is it a collection of dreary statistics to send you scrambling for the nearest sage tea. Instead, it’s a brazen celebration of a universal experience that so often goes unspoken, unexplored, and underestimated.
This podcast series features monologues collected from the book series ”The Menopause Monologues” written by Helena Jevons, dramatised and performed by actors all with lived experience of menopause. From stories inspired by real-life women to imagined experiences from history and fiction, it’s an emotional rollercoaster - not unlike menopause itself.
A Soundliness Production 2025
This is not your mother’s menopause manual, nor is it a collection of dreary statistics to send you scrambling for the nearest sage tea. Instead, it’s a brazen celebration of a universal experience that so often goes unspoken, unexplored, and underestimated.
This podcast series features monologues collected from the book series ”The Menopause Monologues” written by Helena Jevons, dramatised and performed by actors all with lived experience of menopause. From stories inspired by real-life women to imagined experiences from history and fiction, it’s an emotional rollercoaster - not unlike menopause itself.
A Soundliness Production 2025
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HOT FLASHES: Menopause Monologues | EPISODE 12 - LIVE IN BRIGHTON Part Two
**Contains some strong language and frank discussion about menopause.** The Panel Discussion: Recorded live after the Hot Flashes Menopause Monologues performances, Em Anastasi of In The Flow, Louise Harman, artist and social impact advocate, Mo K… -
HOT FLASHES: Menopause Monologues | EPISODE 11 - LIVE IN BRIGHTON Part One
*Contains some strong language and frank discussions about menopause.* For one night only, Hot Flashes: Menopause Monologues took to the stage at Ironworks Studios in Brighton to perform a selection of the monologues live! Going behind the scenes on… -
What is Hot Flashes? An Interview with Helena Jevons, writer of "The Menopause Monologues"
Well, we know how these things start. A conversation began between two perimenopausal friends. One an Audio Producer, the other a Creative Branding Expert. What happened next was inevitable... In this first episode of Hot Flashes, find out how and wh… -
HOT FLASHES: Menopause Monologues | EPISODE 10 - QUORKX7 / NuVag TM
"Quork-X7" - An alien visitor to Earth reports back to their senior management about a little green planet utterly baffled by the weird biological process called "menopause" which half of its human population endures. Author Helena Jevons steps behi… -
HOT FLASHES: Menopause Monologues | EPISODE 9 - The PTA Queen / Witch!
"The PTA Queen" - She's terrifyingly organised, she can be everywhere at once, she's always smiling! And then... something snaps and it's the cake stall that suffers. Loosely based on the true story of midwife Ursula Kemp, "Witch!" speculates that ha… -
HOT FLASHES: Menopause Monologues | EPISODE 8 - Rosie's Sister / Brexit Heist
"Rosie the Riveter's Sister" - You might know of a certain pin-up wartime icon. But what if she had an older, perimenopausal sister? Watch out, they're coming for your hormones! When a pandemic, high demand and a departure from the European Union al… -
HOT FLASHES: Menopause Monologues | EPISODE 7 - Free Dive / We've Got Biscuits
"Free Dive" - Lena is a professional free diver, but age and perimenopause have impacted her fitness and ability to do the sport she loves. But one thing that will never change is her love of the ocean. Woe betide anyone who encounters Bethan in her … -
HOT FLASHES: Menopause Monologues | EPISODE 6 - From PMS to WTF / The Silent Garden
"From PMS to WTF" - Even though we know it's coming, perimenopause can still be a surprise. The female reproductive system can deliver a lifetime of pain and trauma. In "The Silent Garden", menopause was expected to be a hoped-for welcome relief.* So… -
HOT FLASHES: Menopause Monologues | EPISODE 5 - Awakening the Fire / Not the Same Clock
In this episode released in the week of International Women's Day on 8th March, a perimenopausal woman has more hormones than she knows what to do with as they channel themselves into her libido in "Awakening the Fire". Then a young woman senses the … -
HOT FLASHES: Menopause Monologues | EPISODE 4 - Out Damned Menopause / The Soy Secret
"Out, Damned Menopause" - Anxiety and insomnia force Lady Macbeth to wander the halls of the castle. But is she wracked with guilt or is it perimenopause? "The Soy Secret" is no secret at all. For Yumi, it's a lifestyle, not a menopause miracle cure-…