Mother (World Premier)
2024

• CONDUCTORS
• Stephen Mould, Simon Lobelson and Aija Draguns
• DIRECTOR
• Lindy Hume
• DRAMATURG
• Sally Blackwood
• SCENIC DESIGN
• Lochie Odgers
• COSTUME DESIGN
• Andrea Knezevic
• LIGHTING DESIGN
• Matt Marshall
• VIDEO DESIGN
• Mic Gruchy
  Dramaturgy by Sally Blackwood
• IMAGES
• Jacquie Manning

• MUSIC
• Jessica O’Donoghue
• LIBRETTO
• Rebecca Duke and Karina Young

• A celebration of menstruation and the wisdom shared between women, mothers and daughters walking the path of womanhood together.

• MUSIC
• Aija Draguns
• LIBRETTO
• Bianca Watkins

• A colourful and engaging, but also unsettling fantasy inspired by two mythological deities – Māra (mother earth) and Saule (guardian of the sky time) – juxtaposing ideas of birth, loneliness, loss, and grief.

• MUSIC
• Oliver John Cameron
• LIBRETTO
• Xavier Hazard, Megan Rundle and Oliver John Cameron

• Contestants in a reality TV show compete to win the favour of the titular pop superstar and her fan base. A darkly comic piece leaning into camp, influenced by the likes of pop icons Madonna, Lady Gaga, Ru Paul and Björk.

• MUSIC
• Hao Zhen
• LIBRETTO
• Lily Thomson

• A fairy tale combining non-verbal expression with singing invites the audience into the isolating and turbulent experience of motherhood. The snake represents the mother’s dark wishes, a symbol of chaotic struggle to express her emotions.

lindyhume@yahoo.com

Culture, music, storytelling, dance and image-making have been practiced on Country for millennia by Australia's First People. I acknowledge and pay respect to the original custodians of Culture and Country where I live in Tathra, the Djiringanj people of the Yuin Nation on the Far South Coast of New South Wales, and the palawa/pakana, First People of lutruwita Tasmania.