Motherhood at OSO The Theatre on Barnes Pond

Fri 6th 7.30pm - Sat 7th March 3.30 and 7.30pm

A woman opens the door at two in the morning and tries to hang on to normal.Lisa doesn't have the right words or know what questions to ask in this new world of crime and law. So, what happens when doing the right thing isn't the right thing anymore?This solo show explores the world of knife crime from a fresh perspective as a woman is forced to confront the unfamiliar world her son has collided with and compromise on what she thinks she believes in.

Lot of legal stuff being said that I don’t even get and they ask if I’m an appropriate adult. Well yeah... I’m his mum?’

Throughout all this, however, Lisa maintains a lively down-to-earth approach to life and the play aims to find humour in the most random moments as well as showing the impact on a mother trying to hold it all together.

Based on real events and lived experience, this story is told with an original soundscape created by In-Spire Sounds and the voices of young people who have developed music with them through the ‘Inspiring Change Through Music’ project.

MotherHood is the state of being a mother, but what ifyou’re a mother in a state?