Can Any Mother Help Me?
The Door
A new play inspired by the book by Jenna Bailey
An evocative, dynamic and touching new play, bringing to life the funny and often moving stories of a group of women whose lives became intimately connected through the simple act of writing letters.
From marriage to childbirth, hidden desires to socialism, housework to wartime politics, the story of the Cooperative Correspondence Club delves into lifelong friendships and domestic tragedies and allows us an opportunity for that most human of pleasures, eavesdropping.
Tickets £10, concessions available
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Play description
Devised from best-selling Jenna Bailey’s book of the same name, Foursight Theatre’s current touring show looks at the impact of the Cooperative Correspondence Club.
The club was formed in the late thirties, after an Irish housewife wrote a heartfelt letter to Nursery World magazine. Her opening sentence provides the play’s title. She was lonely and desperately unfulfilled. Many women responded to her plea and the CCC came into being with the circulation of a private, hand-stitched magazine of collected letters.
Foursight’s staging uses live music, film and a soundtrack. Seemingly ordinary lives are traced through the letters and they become far from ordinary. There is deep emotional insight, stark incident, lively humour and a growing sense of the value of the magazine. The dialogue is clear and immediate and the acting has a moving integrity.
Foursight’s physical style is free flowing, with dynamic group movement and a level of creativity rarely seen in adult shows.
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