Gemma Hutton – mOTHER.

about

It might seem like the most normcore thing in the world but parenthood is queer as f**k.

From the gloriously tired and tested mind of comedian and cabaret artist Gemma Hutton, mOTHER is a show that’s been four years in the making, which is how long it takes when you’re a busy AlphaDyke Ma navigating the school run dressed like a hitman with sick fade.

Taking in queer community research and interviews, mOTHER is a glorious mash-up of theatre, sardonic comedy and personal storytelling that explores kinship, care and convention and the systems we have to navigate to find our tribes. And box wine.

Commissioned by Outburst and based on a short video work developed during the Covid lockdowns, mOTHER reflects on the queerness of the working-class mothering she experienced herself and the kind of motherhood she’s now experiencing with her own daughter. As warm, intimate and moving as it is sharp and hilarious in its observations, mOTHER in a one-woman show that is as profoundly relatable as it is personal.

Content Information: References to sexual violence, mental health, addiction and loss. Contains some non-compulsory audience participation.

Age suitability: 18+

Duration: Approx. 70 mins

Commissioned by Outburst Arts with support from Arts Council of Northern Ireland Commissioning Fund