Following the recent news that a fire had destroyed the entire set of their touring production on New Year’s Eve, London Classic Theatre were pleased to announce that the extension of the UK tour of Charlotte Keatley’s My Mother Said I Never Should will go ahead as planned.
Set in Manchester, Oldham and London, My Mother Said I Never Should is a poignant, bittersweet story about love, jealousy and the price of freedom. The play details the lives of four women through the immense social changes of the twentieth century. Using a kaleidoscopic time structure, Charlotte Keatley’s story focuses on four generations of one family as they confront the most significant moments of their lives.
Kathryn Ritchie returns to play Jackie Metcalfe and will be joined by Rebecca Birch (Rosie Metcalfe), Lisa Burrows (Margaret Bradley) and Judith Paris (Doris Partington). Artistic Director of LCT, Michael Cabot, directs the production, which tours to a further 14 venues in 2019 including a stop off at Worthing’s Connaught Theatre on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th March 2019.
Charlotte Keatley is an award-winning playwright and My Mother Said I Never Should is the most widely performed play ever written by a woman, having now been translated or produced in 31 countries from Japan to Peru. Other credits include The Iron Serpent, An Armenian Childhood, Waiting for Martin, Fears and Miseries in the Third Term, The Ringing Singing Tree, The Sleep of Reason, Our Father and I am Janet.
Rebecca Birch plays Rosie Metcalfe. Her theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lyric Hammersmith/UK tour), Pygmalion and The Master Builder (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Lisa Burrows plays Margaret Bradley. For the company her credits include Love in the Title and Absent Friends. Her other theatre credits include Drowning on Dry Land and Humble Boy with the National Theatre.
Judith Paris plays Doris Partington. For the company her credits include The Importance of Being Earnest. Her other theatre credits include As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Theatre) and television credits including Doctor Who and A Touch of Frost.
Kathryn Ritchie plays Jackie Metcalfe. For the company her credits include After Miss Julie and Absent Friends. Her other theatre credits include Tess of the D’Urbervilles (UK tour) and Measure for Measure (Courtyard Theatre).
My Mother Said I Never Should appears at the Connaught Theatre, Union Place, Worthing, BN11 1LG on Tuesday 19th and Wednesday 20th March 2019 with evening performances at 7.30pm and a Wednesday matinee at 2.30pm Tickets, priced as follows: Premium: £23.00/ £22.00 for concessions, Band A: £19.50/ £18.50 for concessions, Band B: £17.50/ £16.50 for concessions, £10 for students, can be purchased through Worthing Theatres box office on 01903 206 206 or online at www.worthingtheatres.co.uk