Reviewed by: Stage Whispers
Review by Mark Wickett | 18 February 2024
A mother visits her daughter to help her recover from an injury – but her large suitcase and an admission that she’s left her interstate partner suggests it’s for longer than a weekend. Real-life mother and daughter discuss, debate, and argue their way around parental respect, how the rules apply differently to mother and daughter, and why the daughter’s partner isn’t right for her. It’s a clash of generational and cultural values deliciously thrown around the simple stage, scenes of intense conversation and passive aggressiveness interspersed with a balletic duet scored by Tchaikovsky, where they literally dance around each other.