Me, Mum and Dusty Springfield
From: Friday, 12th February 2010
To: Saturday, 13 February 2010
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Synopsis
This one-woman black comedy, examines the bond between mothers and daughters and how we cope with loss when it’s just too late. Mary is preparing to scatter her mother’s ashes. It’s not what she had in mind, but that’s down to her mother’s final demand, which, like everything else, is set within a world of Dusty Springfield. Can Mary unravel the ties that bind herself, her mother and Dusty Springfield, in the hope that this final act will enable her to move on?
Our Review:
13 February 2010
Me, Mum and Dusty Springfield examines the relationship between Mary and her late alcoholic mother who performed as a Dusty Springfield tribute act. It is a one-woman show in which author Stephanie Ridings plays both mother and daughter.
Unusually for a single performer based show, director Chris Sudworth creates a natural atmosphere in which Mary does not deliver her speeches direct to the audience as a monologue but rather to herself whilst performing basic tasks like applying make-up. The effect is to give the impression of a tormented internal dialogue.
Ridings delivers a good performance and conveys Mary’s conflict well. Condemned to a life of self-sacrifice because of her devotion to a mother who is unable to reciprocate her love she still cannot bring herself to follow in her mother’s footsteps into the tribute business.
The disappointment experienced by both women is very clear, as is the...
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