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Some Other Mother

Some Other Mother

High up in a Glasgow tower block, ten-year old Star and her mother await the outcome of their claim for asylum. As Mama’s mind fragments under the pressure of their unknown future, Star constructs a poetic and fantastical world of her own.


The critical consensus

While it undeniably deals honestly with a very difficult subject, the overall feeling is not as bleak as it might be. We are reminded that there can be humour, imagination and tenderness in even the most difficult situations.

****(*)Hugh Simpson, Annals of Edinburgh Stage, 08/06/2013

The recent adoption of the bedroom tax is just one reminder that while Star’s world may be half fantasy, the subject matter is not.

***(*)(*)Rory Edgington, TVBomb, 09/06/2013

A production that hits harder than its modest premise portends.

***(*)(*)Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 11/06/2013

In this fully-staged 75-minute version, the text seems to lack last year’s tight focus on Mama’s acute fear, and increasing detachment from reality.

***(*)(*)Joyce McMillan, 13/06/2013


Features about Some Other Mother

AJ Taudevin stages Some Other Mother at Traverse

Thom Dibdin, The List, 10/05/2013

Preview: Some Other Mother

Mark Brown, Scottish Stage, 14/06/2013

Where and when?

On Tour, from Friday June 7, 2013, until Thursday June 27, 2013.

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