Director Matt Scholten of Mother joins Stages
In this interview Matt Scholten talks to us about MOTHER the play by Daniel Keene written for Noni Hazelhurst at Belvoir Theatre
Mother tells the story of Christie, a homeless woman in a world detached, unforgiving and destructive. It gives voice to the fallen and dispossessed, to those who exist at the edge of safety, at the point of being undone. Written with Daniel Keene’s characteristic lyricism, Mother is a solo performance wrought with tenderness and loneliness in equal measure.
Noni Hazlehurst has been touring Mother for over two years and everywhere it goes audiences are swept away. It’s a moving and powerful play by one of our great writers, written specially for one of our great actors.
An If Theatre production
Please be aware, this production contains haze, coarse language and adult themes.
By Daniel Keene
Director Matt Scholten
Set, Costume & Props Designer Kat Chan
Lighting Designer Tom Willis
Sound Designer Darius Kedros
Stage Manager Isabella Kerdijk
Superbly written, brilliantly performed and sensitively directed.
Audiences around the country should jump at the chance to see Hazlehurst perform in this haunted, confronting work.
Daniel Keene is a dangerous playwright… he works right on the moral edge.
Sydney Morning Herald
