A Mother Speaks
- By:
- Judd Batchelor, who also performs
- Management:
- Simon James Collier
- Director:
- Susie McKenna
- Design:
- Kate Bannister and Karl Swinyard
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Judd Batchelor's powerful monologue deals with the devastating aftermath of gun crime. In this one woman show, Batchelor stars as the mother of 17-year-old Gavin Morris. She recalls her son's birth and his first day of school, her fears as he grew up and started having girlfriends. Her style is warm and chatty, interspersed with long nattering chats to her mum on her mobile. She's an ordinary woman, an ordinary mother, but then an appalling and senseless act changes all that. Her son is shot dead and the mood of this short, intimate piece shifts instantly. It switches from casual and comic in tone, to something far darker...
Run sheet
- Hackney Empire Studio London
- September 30-October 5
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