My Mother Said I Never Should was performed on 2nd-4th June 2016 in The Auditorium at The Storey, Lancaster.

Cast & Crew

Director: Danni Manning
Assistant Director: Katherine Dodds
Shadow Director: Jordan Summerfield
Producer: Natalie Fisher
Assistant Producer: Peter Bache
Stage Manager: Abigail Dutton
Assistant Stage Managers: Abigail Beavan & Holly Gardner

Doris Partington: Jess Turton
Margaret Bradley: Shannon Lenton
Jackie Metcalfe: Anna-Rose van der Wiel
Rosie Metcalfe: Bella Ward

The action takes place in Manchester, Oldham and London, moving in time between the 1920s and the 1980s, centring on the difficult relationships between mothers and daughters. A story which explores the lives and relationships of four generations of women: Doris, Margaret, Jackie and Rosie. Their loves, expectations and choices, are against the huge social changes of the twentieth century. When Jackie falls pregnant with Rosie she is unable to cope and hands over the baby to her mother, Margaret. This play looks at the consequences of this secret and each women's opinion on it.

"Look up, the sky is falling. Mum used to sit here with me in her arms, and I'd pretend I was asleep. I'm never having any children."

- Rosie

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Performance