Mum review – Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's unnerving look at motherhood | Stage
This play daringly switches tone as it follows three mothers and explores exhaustion, panic and feelings of inadequacy
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This play daringly switches tone as it follows three mothers and explores exhaustion, panic and feelings of inadequacy
ALL the world’s a stage, albeit sometimes a virtual one. Bolton School staged a dramatic reading of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's ground-breaking Oliver Award-winning play Emilia, which was brought to audiences over Zoom. Emilia tells the tale of Emilia Bassano, thought to be the Dark Lady of Shakespeare’s sonnets with the play shedding light on her untold story. A woman of North African descent, Emilia transcended the prejudices of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Though she was betrayed, abandoned and spurned by those she loved, and grieved the loss of a child, she dedicated ...
Last modified on Thu 13 May 2021 02.02 EDT A new theatre production about motherhood and mental health hopes to push the stage industry towards adopting more progressive working practices for parents. Mum is written by mother of two Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, best known for her Olivier award-winning play Emilia, and will be directed by Abigail Graham, who gave birth this year. Many of its entirely female and non-binary creative team are young parents. The play opens in Plymouth before a London run, and provision for childcare and baby-friendly rehearsals have been “part of the conversation” fr...