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Mum's Choir

  • By Alison Quigan
  • Directed by Ross Gumbley
  • Starring Lynda Milligan
  • Arrangements by Laughton Pattrick
  • 15 Sep to 6 Oct
  • The Court Theatre
  • Addington

For years the O’Reilly household was alive with music - Mum took to the keys, Uncle Noel whipped out his spoons and Aunty Nola shook the rafters with her vibrato. These sing-alongs would make your heart soar and your jaw ache.

But now the piano keys have fallen silent. Mum has sung her last song, and the kids – now middle aged with children of their own – return to a house haunted with the half-remembered melodies of their childhood.

Mum hasn’t left quietly though. Her final request is an almost impossible task: for her kids to sing Faure’s Requiem at her funeral.

As they fight over the solos – and mum’s furniture – the O’Reillys relive their childhood, the good old songs they used to sing and what it means to be a family.

Written by Alison Quigan, the writer of Flagons and Foxtrots and Shop Till You Drop, Mum’s Choir is a heartwarming comedy about a gloriously typical New Zealand family.With songs such as Good Ship Lollipop, That’s Amore, Hine E Hine, and Accentuate the Positive, The Court Theatre celebrates New Zealand Theatre Month by bringing back this loved classic that took Aotearoa by storm after its debut in 2005.

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THIS NZ THEATRE MONTH PRODUCTION

A Court Theatre Production

By arrangement with Playmarket

Performances

DATETIMEVENUELOCATION
Sat 15 Sep 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Mon 17 sep 6:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Tue 18 Sep 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Wed 19 Sep 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Thu 20 Sep 6:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Fri 21 Sep 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Sat 22 Sep 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Mon 24 Sep 630 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Tue 25 Sep 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Wed 26 Sep 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Thu 27 Sep 6:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Fri 28 Sep 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Sat 29 Sep 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Mon 1 Oct 6:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Tue 2 Oct 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Wed 3 Oct 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Thu 4 Oct 6:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Fri 5 Oct 7:30 pm The Court Theatre Addington
Sat 6 Oct 2.00pm The Court Theatre Addington
Sat 6 Oct 7.30pm The Court Theatre Addington

A hilarious revival of the all-time hit !