Holy Mothers

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Event Holy Mothers
Venue La Mama Courthouse, Carlton, VIC
First Date 20 February 2019
Opening Date 20 February 2019
Last Date 3 March 2019
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description Holy Mothers signalled the meteoric rise to fame of the “Austrian Fassbinder” Werner Schwab. The play rips apart the values behind family and religion and transports us into the grotesque world of three retired cleaning ladies.

“Life consumes whatever it wants. It can bring you a hard stool one day and a soft one the next. And whatever kind of stool life brings to you, well that’s providence, and there’s nothing you can do about it. So be a brave girl, and wait… till it’s over.”

These abused creatures transcend the banalities of their daily existence by conjuring up an emotionally charg
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Theatre
Performance
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Alice Bishop Actor
Helen Doig Actor
Uschi Felix Actor
Andre Bastian Director
Stelios Karagiannis Lighting Designer
Peter Mumford Set Designer
Meredith Oakes Translator
Werner Schwab Writer
Text Nationality Austria
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme La Mama programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 154610