World Premiere of I HATE YOU MY MOTHER at the Old Fitz Theatre

Red Line Productions kicks off its 2017 season at the Old Fitz Theatre with I Hate You My Mother, a new Australian work written by acclaimed actor Jeanette Cronin and co- presented by Real Harpy and WhiteBox Theatre.

I Hate You My Mother is a stylised historical drama exploring gender relations, specifically in the context of the exploitation of women and children throughout the ages. Viewed through the shifting lens of time, five scenarios unpack the cultural and religious prejudices that have both birthed and perpetuated the oppression of the weak through mental and physical cruelty.

When a sixteenth century Breton Bishop lays his hands on his illegitimate daughter he unleashes a tide of revenge and retribution that can never be sated, a relentless domino effect, which rushes forward through history, infecting all who come after, tainting every heart and cutting innocence off at its knees.

Two actors - Jeanette Cronin (Queen Bette, The Shadowbox, The House on the Lake) and introducing 2016 NIDA graduate Simen Glømmen Bostad - gallop through four centuries, ten characters and a whole lot of dirty bath water. In a world where Mummy knows best and Daddy should know better, five couples fight with destiny and stoke the flames of lust, deprivation and all that is taboo. Revenge is sweet, but never simple.

I HATE YOU MY MOTHER

Written by Jeanette Cronin
Presented by Real Harpy and WhiteBox Theatre in association with Red Line Productions

Director - Kim Hardwick
Set and Costume Designer - Tyler Hawkins Lighting Designer - Martin Kinnane
Sound Designer - Nate Edmondson
With Jeanette Cronin and Simen Glømmen Bostad

Venue: Old Fitz Theatre, 129 Dowling St (Cnr Cathedral St), Woolloomooloo

Season: 24 January - 11 February 2017

Times: Tues-Sat 8:15pm, Sunday 7pm

Duration: 90 minutes (no interval)
Price: $42 Adult, $35 Concession, $30 Previews and Cheap Tuesday. Earlybird tickets available for $28 until 1 January 2017

Bookings: www.redlineproductions.com.au

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