Performance

Venue	Ovalhouse
	Also: Theatre Upstairs, Theatre Downstairs
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	2nd October 1997
To	19th October 1997
Ovalhouse (V239)
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Mother Tongue

Work:: Mother Tongue (S4270)

Mary Oliver's show is full of self-effacing humour. Using her versatile vocal range and synchronised video footage, she plays herself, her three sisters and her Scottish mother. As she puts words into her sisters mouths and tries to teach her mother to speak with a proper 'English accent, the effect is both hilarious and full of pathos. Mother Tongue is a simple idea that breaks all theatrical traditions. Run from and controlled by computer, this work is genuinely risky, placing the performer at the mercy of her own visible technology.

Author

Mary Oliver

Production:: (T1658349962)

Company	Planet Martha
Performer	Montse Gili
Performer	Nicole Kaminsky
Performer	Becky Lumb
Performer	Matthew Scott
Performer	Roberto Spina
Performer	Fabrice Scarduelli
Director	Robert Wolstenholme
Design	Philip Byrne

Listing:: L507808774

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