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Mum's The Word -
European Premiere
Playwrights - Linda A Carson, Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nicol,
Barbara Pollard and Deborah Williams.
Director - Wayne Harrison
Production Company - Robert C Kelly in assoc with Clear Channel
Entertainment
Venues & Dates - Details 0f 2002 Tour
Goes to Dundee 30 - 9, Ayr 11 - 16 Feb and Glasgow 26 Feb - 23 March
Run Time - 2 hrs including interval
Reviewer - Thelma Good
Celebrating Mums
Female or even male you'll recognise yourself or your Mum or your stressed
out friends who all swear nothing will change and turn up 20 years older
3 months later.
This very largely humourous and entertaining production was written by
6 Canadian actresses tramelled by motherhood in 1993. Since then there
have been two companies of Mums in Canada, two in the US and Australian
continent has had its own too.. Now Mum's The Word has its European premiere
here in Scotland and is already getting spontaneous rounds of applause
during the performance celebrating mums.
|The Scottish Mums company is joined by Barbara Pollard, one of
the original creators and actors. A delight, full of performance vim,
Pollard is one of the originators of Vancouver's Theatresports.
Scots Blythe Duff (Taggart), Lorraine M McIntosh (Deacon
Blue) and Carole Anders (the mother in Terri McIntyre) give particularly
warm comic spins to those moments we all try to hide from the world outside,
those nappy, crappy moments when your pride and joys cause havoc. Constructed
mainly around brief and often linked monologues, only Libby McArthur
and Sharon MacKenzie have sad and as it happens less well written
monologues to deal with. MacKenzie has the hardest job detailing
the first few months of a premature baby. Drawn I suspect from all too
real life the writer fails to give it dramatic energy.
The scenes involving the whole company make the show a delight. The bus
queue of women pretending not to be encumbered, the motherhood lectures
with sections on Amazon.com and the Puppetry of the Penis, maddest of
all that trip to the swimming pool where Pollard, has great fun
showing her body off much to everyones' delight. It's a great way to celebrate
being a Mum, a child or a even a Dad since that covers all of us - take
someone you want to thank and laugh with.
© Thelma Good 2 February 2002
Review of 2003
tour with largely different cast.
2002 Tour details
Mum's The Word -
Six women, six stories with Blythe Duff, Lorraine M McIntosh, Libby MacArthur,
Julie Coombe and Carole Anders. Funny touching look at what we've all
made someone go through..
Dundee Rep 01382 223530
Preview 30 Jan at 7:45pm
31 Jan - 9 Feb not Suns at 7:45pm also Matinees 2 & 9 Feb at
2:30pm
Ayr The Gaiety Theatre
11 - 16 Feb
Glasgow Kings Theatre 297 Bath St 0141 287 7000
26 Feb - 23 March not Suns Mon - Fri 7.30pm, Wed 2.30pm & 7.30pm,
Sat 6.00pm & 8.30pm £10.00 - £18.00
Tour Ends
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