Charlotte Engelkes brings MY MOTHER back to Stockholm (SE)
On 13-15 May, the acclaimed documentary-musical MY MOTHER, which premiered in 2016, is back with guest performances at Strindbergs Intima Teater in Stockholm.
MY MOTHER is a celebration of all mothers in the shape of a new genre, a documentary-musical, where all mothers, no matter how mad, bad or sad will get some loving attention. Engelkes calls it an embracing celebration of pleasure and pain. The performance brings in documentary material and performing arts together in the space between personal and global issues.
The performance is a tribute that more or less heartbreakingly reflects our mothers, through their own texts, images, and memories. Always with love, gentle hand, and glowing conviction.
We all have connections to mothers, dead or alive, good or bad, glad or sad, or sometimes just mad. In focus are our own mothers to tell the story of many. Engelkes directs and performs MY MOTHER with new music by sound designer Willi Bopp, in collaboration with text writer Sophie Holgersson and filmmaker Erik Pauser. Charlotte Engelke's spiritual and very own exuberant stage presence sings, surprises, and entertains.
IDEA AND CONCEPT Charlotte Engelkes, Sophie Holgersson
DIRECTOR Charlotte Engelkes
TEXT Sophie Holgersson, Charlotte Engelkes and our dead mothers
SOUNDTRACK Willi Bopp
CHOREOGRAPHY Bo Arenander
DOCUMENTARY VIDEO Erik Pauser
COSTUME Anna Ardelius
LIGHT Karl Svensson
VIDEO AND GRAPHIC DESIGN Venus Krantz and Alessandro Stigliano
An ASTARTE PRODUCTION with kind support from The Swedish Arts Council, Kulturbryggan, The Swedish Writers’ Union, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, and Stockholms City.
Performances: Friday 13 May 19:00, Saturday 14 May 19:00, Sunday 15 May 16:00.
Watch a trailer here.
Read more here. For tickets go here.
