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C A P I T A L T H E A T R E C O M P A N Y
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5 – 8 November 2025
at 7.30 pm
Written and directed by Barrie Smith
"Oh, I know what they want. They want me out of sight, shut away, like the rubbish. They want me put in some poky cupboard somewhere, with all those other old biddies, dribbling into their soup and pissing themselves. That’s what they want."
Mummy is frail and elderly but still has her marbles. Surrounded by her quarrelsome children, as the family feud rages around her, Mummy sits tight, silent and inscrutable. As long-harboured resentments surface and unsettling secrets are revealed, one question remains unanswered: will the family persuade Mummy to move to a care home? Or does another, more sinister fate await her?
Unflinchingly honest and savagely funny, Keeping Mum puts the painful realities of family life centre stage.
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Frankie Lord
Nathalie Brandon
Kit Smith
Nic Caws
Kirstine Brett
Cast
Mummy
Ruth
Daniel
Sarah
Paige
Tickets: £17, £15 conc; suitable for 16+.
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Telephone reservations have a £1.80 booking fee.
Concessionary price tickets are for: full-time students, over 65s, registered unwaged, under 18s and Equity Members. Please bring proof of status.
Running time: Ninety five minutes, with no interval
Content advice: please note this production contains references to alcoholism, drug addiction, suicide and child abuse, 16+.
Location: The Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London SE4 2DH