Performance

VenueTara Theatre
TownOuter London
CountyGreater London
From20th January 2016
To5th February 2016
What is currently on at Tara Theatre (V292)

She Called Me Mother

T758665675
"When she gon come? I lookin at de people dem but I can't see her. She a pretty lookin ting, she does stan' out amongst these faces dripped in dissatisfaction..." Evangeline is waiting; she has been waiting a long time. She waits for the Black Swan to glide through the station and show her a little warmth and kindness. She waits for a ticket home to Trinidad, the sun, the mango trees, and the street vendors selling curry. She waits for Shirley the daughter she let walk away all those years ago. "I try not to tink about she too much, 'cause de pain dem thoughts bring it like a heard of buffalo runnin wild in a field, an I beneath dem foot." Will her daughter ever return to her and can she ever forgive the Mother that let her go?
Author Michelle Inniss


Archive :: production:T758665675, play:S0718802638, venue:V292

Production details

World Premiere

Reviews

Overall: 5.00
Susan Baumback (08Oct15): What honest and moving performances by Cathy Tyson and Chereen Buckley. A triumph. They didn't act Michelle Inniss poetically written words they actually inhabited the women she has written about. The whole story is so absorbing that I felt as if I were part of it and brought both laughter and tears, an emotional rollercoaster. This is something that needs to be seen and heard and I believe it will be. You can't hide something this exceptional and I, for one, am grateful for the experience. 5

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Company

Presented byPitch Lake Productions (in association with Tara Arts)
Company Black Theatre
Director Cara Nolan
Performer Cathy Tyson
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