His Mother’s Voice – Bakehouse Theatre Company and ATYP Selects

Overview

The consequences of defying a brutal government is the focus of Justin Fleming's His Mother's Voice, set in China during the birth of the Cultural Revolution.

Beginning in 1966 in Shanghai, a mother secretly teaches her young son how to play the piano. This comes in direct defiance of China's Communist Party and their ban of all western music, a ban that will not be lifted until 1976. The story spans 20 years, eventually landing at the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. The play examines the relationship between China and Australia, citizen and country, and mother and son.

His Mother's Voice features a cast of 11 and is directed by Suzanne Millar. This is the second time Bakehouse Theatre Company has teamed up with ATYP, following their memorable 2012 production of Great Expectations.