A MOTHER’S SONG

★★★★★
“an ambitious, expansive, evocative show about music and motherhood that brims with heart and history… Is it the next great Scottish musical? Possibly. Probably. This is certainly not the last we will see of it”. (The Stage)

★★★★★
“weaves its tale like a siren song, transporting the viewer across time and place, with a hypnotising score and an electric cast.” (The Skinny)

★★★★
“ambitious, exhilarating and moving… when the audience rise to their feet at the end, it seems as though they’re welcoming a major new show on the Scottish theatre scene” (The Scotsman)

★★★★
“Anderson has expertly woven traditional ballads with his own compositions and the whole thing is played live by a superb four-piece band… to have a new work of this calibre hailing from Scotland is something to be hugely proud of. May it last and travel like the traditional ballads that run through it.” (The List)

★★★★
“This show adds to the slowly-filling gap of women- and queer-centred stories in the musical theatre canon and is an exciting and timely piece” (Broadway World)

★★★★
“exquisite” (Musical Theatre Review)

Co-created by award-winning Scottish composer Finn Anderson (Islander) and award-winning director Tania Azevedo (&Juliet, But I’m A Cheerleader), A Mother’s Song is an ambitious new transatlantic musical spanning centuries and continents.

From 17th century Scotland to 21st century New York City, themes of identity, motherhood, and choice collide in a bold, heart-wrenching and life-affirming story which follows three remarkable women at different moments in history, and traces the incredible journey of Scottish folk music across the Atlantic.

Sarah comes from a long line of ballad singers, but has severed ties with the folk traditions of her Appalachian childhood. In modern-day New York City, Sarah rediscovers these songs and the stories of her female ancestors whose brutal choices around motherhood echo through time. As the ghosts of Sarah’s ancestors consume her apartment, she faces a profound and life-changing dilemma.