MOM

Vil jeg virkelig være mor?

NB! Forestillingen foregår på engelsk /This performance is in English. English description below.

Har du nogensinde stået over for et dilemma, hvor du skal træffe en beslutning, der vil ændre dit liv?

At få et barn vil ændre dit liv for altid. Men ikke at få et barn kan også ændre det. Hvilken vej vælger du for dig selv? Synes du, moderskab er et valg eller en naturlig begivenhed i livet?

MOM er et onewoman-show for voksne, der adresserer tvivlen om moderskab i det 21. århundrede. Vi rejser med en kvinde gennem hendes 30’ere og 40’ere, mens hendes ønske og drøm om at blive mor kolliderer med de udfordringer, virkeligheden præsenterer hende for. Da drømmen er smuldret, begynder hun at sætte spørgsmålstegn ved den rolle, hun forventes at spille, versus det, hun virkelig ønsker at forfølge i sit liv. Hvordan kommer hun igennem dette drama og frem til at træffe sine valg?

MOM blander poesi og virkelighed, mangfoldighed og individualitet med en let, humoristisk tone for at bringe det spørgsmål op, som ikke alle kvinder har modet til at stille sig selv: “Vil jeg virkelig være mor?”

Kollektiv tilblivelse

Efter en lang proces frem mod at beslutte, om hun skulle være mor eller ej, og efter at have talt med flere kvinder og læst om dette emne, indså Juliana Appel (som står på scenen i MOM), at emnet ”moderskab” er nødt til at kunne blive diskuteret mere åbent. Det var den impulstanke, der ledte til tilblivelsen af MOM.

I denne kreative proces indsamlede hun selvbiografiske historier, interviewrapporter og inspiration fra bøger som bestselleren ’Motherhood’ af Sheila Heti. De interviewede var kvinder mellem 30 og 80 år fra forskellige nationaliteter, som valgte ikke at få børn – eller ønskede, men ikke kunne få børn. Eller kvinder, der endnu ikke havde besluttet, om de skulle have børn – og endelig mødre, der indrømmede, at moderskab ikke var, hvad de havde håbet på.

Aftertalk og workshop

Efter hver forestilling er der tilbud om, at man som publikum kan deltage i en aftertalk om den kreative proces bag MOM.

Hvis man ønsker at dykke dybere ned i den kreative proces på et mere overordnet plan, kan man lørdag 28. oktober kl. 11-14 deltage i workshoppen ’Nurturing your Creative Life’, som kommer til at foregå i samme sal på Godsbanen, som MOM spiller i, Teater Katapults studioscene Kabinettet. Workshoppen ledes af MOM’s instruktør og medtekstforfatter Ana Luiza og hovedrolleindehaver og tekstforfatter Juliana Appel.

Tilmelding til workshoppen sker på mail til lusustheatre@gmail.com. Du kan også tilmelde dig eller stille spørgsmål til Lusus Theatre Company via kontaktformularen her.

Lusus Theatre Company

Lusus Theatre, der gæstespiller med MOM på Teater Katapult, er en gruppe af danske og internationale kunstnere bosat i Aarhus. Lusus Theatre sigter mod at skabe og udvikle et rum, hvor scenekunst formindsker kløfter, bygger broer og udvider kommunikationen for at give en følelse af tilhørsforhold mellem teatergruppen og publikum. Lusus betyder legesyge på latin, og det er det, Lusus Theatre tror på og praktiserer i den kreative proces og på scenen.

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ENGLISH DESCRIPTION:

Do I really want to be a mother?

Have you ever been through the dilemma of making a decision that would change your life? Having a child will change your life forever. But not having a child can also change it. What is the path you choose for yourself? Do you think motherhood is a choice or a natural event in life?

MOM is a one-woman show for adults that addresses the doubts about motherhood in the 21st century. We follow the journey of a woman between her 30s and 40s, when her desire and dream of becoming a mother collide with the challenges that reality presents to her. Once the fantasy is crumbled, she starts to question the role she is supposed to play versus what she really wants to pursue in her life. How will she overcome this drama and make her choices?

This original piece of work mixes poetry and reality, diversity and individuality, and a light sense of humor, to bring up the question that not every woman has the courage to ask herself: “Do I really want to be a mother?”.

Collective creation

After a long process of deciding whether to become a mother or not and after talking to several women and reading about this subject, Juliana Appel (solo performer of the play) realized that the theme of motherhood needs to be more openly discussed. This was the impulse to create MOM.

In this creative process, she collected autobiographical stories, interview reports, and inspirations from excerpts from books such as the best seller “Motherhood” by Sheila Heti. The interview participants were women between 30 and 80 years old of different nationalities, who chose not to have children; or wanted, but could not have children; or women who had not yet decided whether to have children; and finally mothers who admitted that motherhood was not what they had hoped for.

Post-show chat and workshop

After each performance, the audience can stay a while and participate in af chat about the creative process.

If you want to go even deeper into this experience, you can participate in the workshop ’Nurturing your Creative Life’ guided by Ana Luiza and Juliana. The workshop is Saturday 28th of october at 11 AM – 2 PM.

You sign up to the workshop by sending an email to lusustheatre@gmail.com. If you want more info about the workshop, you can contact Lusus Theatre here.

Lusus Theatre Company

Lusus Theatre Company arises from collaborative artistic processes, with cultural diversity as its core. With Danish and international artists, residing in Aarhus, the group aims to create and develop a space where stage art shortens gaps, builds bridges, and expands communication, bringing a sense of belonging to its members and its audience.

Lusus Theatre aims to create original, relevant, and significant work that emerges from the intercultural context of contemporary life. Lusus means playfulness in Latin language and is what the theatre group believe in and practice in their creative process and onstage.