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A black comedy about motherhood and mental health is coming to Waipu this month for a one-off performance at the Black Sheep Farm Country Homestead on Cove Road.
Lisa Brickell, who wrote the “dark, but horrendously funny” show, stars with Siri Embla in a tale based on true stories that spans four generations, multiple characters and several alter egos.
Brickell plays four different roles – Tina, a counsellor who fears commitment and having children due to ever-present reminders of her family history of postnatal depression, plus Alice, Mabel and Beth, the three preceding generations of women. She also performs in a half-mask to represent the menacing inner critic of all four characters.
Norwegian actor and musician Siri Embla joins her on stage in the role of complementary characters, as well as providing commentary on the narrative.
Mockingbird is directed by Ruth Dudding and Giovanni Fusetti, and has been performed in New Zealand, Australia and Norway since 2014. Reviewers have called the show “deeply moving, hysterically funny, with a twist that takes you to the darkest of places and returns you to the light”.
Mockingbird will be performed in the Country Homestead at Black Sheep Farm, 1034 Cove Road, Waipu Cove on Saturday, October 27 at 5pm. Tickets cost $45, including light refreshments afterwards, from 09 432 0435, or online at blacksheepfarm.co.nz/countryhomestead. Bookings essential – no door sales.
