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PUBLISHER: Oberon Books Ltd
FORMAT: Electronic book text
ISBN: 9781783195190
RRP: £8.99
PAGES: 96
PUBLICATION DATE:
June 6, 2013
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Some Other Mother
A. J. Taudevin
High up in a Glasgow tower block, ten-year-old Star and her mother await the outcome of their claim for asylum. As Mama’s mind fragments under the pressure of their unknown future, Star constructs a poetic and fantastical world of her own. Some Other Mother is a story of loss and survival, which explores the traumatising impact of the asylum system, regardless of the outcome.
A. J. Taudevin
“AJ Taudevin is a writer and theatre maker based in Glasgow. At the time of writing she is associate artist at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow and on a year-long attachment with the Traverse Theatre. In addition to Some Other Mother, she has written Chalk Farm (ThickSkin/Oran Mor), Demons (Oran Mor), The Jean-Jacques Rousseau Show (Oran Mor), UNtruth (Traverse) and The YelloWing (Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival). She won the Playwrights Studio Scotland New Writers Award 2010 and co-directed Beats (CATS Best New Play winner 2012) and Hitch (nominated in the same category 2011) both by Kieran Hurley. As actor Julia Taudevin she has worked for theatre companies including The National Theatre, The National Theatre of Scotland, The Traverse, Magnetic North, The Tron, The Arches and A Play, A Pie and A Pint.”