MOTHER DARK (WIP)
Lyceum Theatre Oldham, Oldham, OL1 1QG
Saturday 8th August 2026
This Mother should be living alone in a caravan on the moors, by herself, and did we mention alone? Fat chance when everyone around her keeps falling apart. Apparently rescuing is ‘enabling’ and ‘helping’ is the sunny side of control, but how do we let people go when there’s nothing left to catch them?MOTHER DARK is a blackly comic, cathartic ride through co-dependence, mother rage and recovery.
If you love a self help group and a banging 90s tune, if you yearn in these times for a (dark) Mother – this show is for you.
Content Warnings - References to murder, mental illness and attempted suicide
Written and Performed by Rachel Smith
Director: Ursula Martinez
Dramaturg: Annie Siddons
Movement Director: Lizzy Margereson
If you love a self help group and a banging 90s tune, if you yearn in these times for a (dark) Mother – this show is for you.
Content Warnings - References to murder, mental illness and attempted suicide
Written and Performed by Rachel Smith
Director: Ursula Martinez
Dramaturg: Annie Siddons
Movement Director: Lizzy Margereson
