Review: Motherhood the Musical
The Athenaeum Theatre was buzzing with women’s voices on the night I attended Motherhood: The Musical . Mothers with daughters, granddaughters with their nans, sisters, aunties… every female combination one can imagine was in attendance on this evening (I was there with my seven year old daughter). ‘I’m Having a Baby’, a saccharine-sweet song about… well, having a baby, opened the show; with it I let out a little sigh, accompanied by a quick scan of my surroundings, and a plan to escape the theatre, out of fear that the rest of the show was going to be this ‘sappy.’ A grand total of 15 seconds later I realised that I was so, so wrong, and that this song was only an illustration of the state of mind of Amy (Rebecca Moore), a first time 20-something mummy to be. My ‘I can relate to that’ radar switched on immediately, I found my focus drawn only to the stage, and all plans of escape evaporated away into thin air. Motherhood: The Musical is the creative fruit of Sue Fabisch, a...