Ulcers

“If she’d have died it would have been easier. We’d have grieved her and moved on”. - Mark 

Having a chronically ill child is a huge predictor of divorce, far outstripping infidelity. Whilst friends around Lyn and Mark divorce for more trivial reasons, the couple try to make sense of their daughter’s illness as they wrestle with the question – how much of your life do you give up for an ill child?


Beth Mullen

Beth Mullen is a writer and actor hailing from Teesside. She’s currently developing several original sitcom ideas with Hat Trick. Beth has won four monologue slams, three of which were self-penned. She’s been shortlisted for BBC Voices and in 2024 was shortlisted for BOLD Playwrights and Mengerie’s Hidden Voices. Her television acting credits include Doctors, Afterlife (Netflix) and The Agency S2 (Sky). Writing credits include Writers Room – Byker Grove (Keal Productions) 2024 Writers Room – A Thousand Wasted Sundays (Script Compass). She is a SOHO writers alum.

Beth’s Edinburgh Fringe debut will happen summer 2026 with A Minor Theft.