Recalling Mother

In this funny and moving piece written and performed by Claire Wong and Noorlinah Mohamed, two women tell stories about two other women - their mothers - and the complexities of living with (and not living with) Mother.

Say the performers:

"Neither of our mothers has much formal education, but they're both highly intelligent, capable and strong women. Both are wonderful cooks and love to feed us. But they find it difficult to talk to us - and we to them. Neither of them is fluent in English. We, on our part, have only functional abilities in our "mother tongues" - Cantonese and Malay, respectively. So, we get by, functionally. But we can' t share our deepest, most complicated thoughts and ideas to our mothers in a common language. Yet through our telling and re-telling of stories about our mothers - and about ourselves with our mothers - we discover a kaleidoscope of memories, and of insights into ourselves, and into that strange, complicated and wonderful relationship that we think almost everyone has with their mother."

Performed in the intimate setting of an art gallery to an audience of only 80 people per night, Recalling Mother is a unique and engaging theatrical experience. Nuanced, engaging, honest and surprising, Recalling Mother is a celebration of the joys and challenges of motherhood - and daughterhood.