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Devised Production · 2019

Mum, What Did You Want?

The mothers who remained in Slovakia. The grandmothers who fly after their grandchildren.

Mum, What Did You Want?, production photo

Returning to migration from a different angle: the mothers who remained in Slovakia, the grandmothers who fly after their grandchildren. A documentary performance enriched with songs and dances.

Mum, What Did You Want? returned to the theme of migration from a different angle — the perspective of Slovak mothers and grandmothers, and the generational distances of family separation. A documentary performance enriched with songs and dances, choreographed and directed by Jana Zordan. Performed in London and Prague.

Themes

  • Migration
  • Family
  • Generations
Mum, What Did You Want?, production still

Gallery

Production photographs

Mum, What Did You Want?, production photograph

Trailer

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Credits

Cast and creative team

Simona Vrabcová

Producer and performer

Jana Zordan

Director and choreographer

Cast

Five actors

Read about the company today

Other

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