Fri 6th Mar 2020
The Mother Monologues: Resisting Austerity
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Price: £10 / £8 conc / £5 U25s
For one mother, there's nothing that coffee can't cure. From heartache to headaches, it's the one thing she knows she can rely on - and she's not alone.
Fellow mothers share her need for ‘time out’ and together they form an alliance of support any woman would recognise. Whenever life is overwhelming or they just need conversation not involving nappies or blended up food, they meet in their sanctuary, the coffee shop. With every mother having a different story to tell there's always someone to listen and plenty to discuss . . .
Using the true narrative of women from Luton, The Mother Monologues tells the untold stories from a community of strong, resourceful, ambitious women who are 'getting by', often with humour, and despite facing brutal austerity.
The Mother Monologues has been developed by mothers and carers in the Luton area around themes of austerity, sisterhood, and survival with the support of Tamasha Theatre Company and Shemiza Rashid.
Performed in celebration of International Women’s Day
Running Time: 90 minutes, including a 20 minute interval
Dates
- Friday, March 6, 2020
The Hat Factory
The Hat Factory is Luton's leading arts and entertainment venue featuring live music, club nights, theatre, dance, films, children's activities, workshops, classes and gallery exhibitions.
It's a centre of artistic excellence set within a vibrant urban environment. It offers the young and the young at heart the chance to engage with the arts, to be inspired by the UK’s leading arts practitioners, and to develop artistic skills and confidence.
The Hat Factory is a combined arts venue in the centre of Luton. It opened in 2003 and since then has been the area’s main provider of contemporary theatre, dance and music. We work with both emerging and proven producers and artists, through programming, engagement programmes and our Associate Artist scheme. Their music programming is vibrant, offering an eclectic portfolio of high quality artists from the worlds of jazz, blues, folk, world music, indie and hip hop. Complementing their own programming, they welcome local/regional promoters to the venue, broadening their music offer and at the same time supporting young promoters and their businesses. They programme contemporary theatre and dance with a focus on fresh, new and relevant stories from both established and emerging touring companies who are making high quality work in the UK. They’ve programmed companies like Earthfall, Chickenshed, New International Encounter (NIE), Trestle, Menagerie, Eastern Angles, Atma, State of Emergency, 30 Bird, Tavaziva, Analogue and Jean Abreu Dance to name but a few.
Venue Hire
The Hat Factory has flexible spaces of various sizes to suit every need. See Venue Hire for more information.
Programming
To become part of The Hat Factory's programme, please contact our Head of Arts & Cultural Programmes, Fahim Qureshi at Fahim.Qureshi@LutonCulture.com