Subject Mater
by Nadia Cavelle
Old Red Lion Theatre
July 15 – 20 2019
Edinburgh Festival
August 3 – 19 2019
“FRINGE FIRST AWARD 2019
★★★★ “delicious” – The Scotsman
★★★★ “Accessible and elegant but still obscure and original, Subject Mater is a triumph from start to finish. – The Wee Review
★★★★ “Oliver Dawe’s exquisitely elegant production feels like a discovery” – Edinburgh Festivals Magazine ”
Cast:
Zachary Fall
Nadia Cavelle
Lorna Nickson Brown.
Creative:
Director | Oliver Dawe.
Producer | Ben Weaver-Hincks.
Set & Costume Design | Rüta Irbïte
Lighting Design | Simeon Miller
Sound Design & Composer | Josh Spear
Photography | Holly Revell / Ali Wright
A form-pushing new play by Nadia Cavelle, Subject Mater is a loosely autobiographical and daringly imaginative journey into the mother/child relationship and what it takes to break free.
Old Red Lion Theatre, London (Edinburgh Previews)
July 15-17 at 7pm
July 18-20 at 9.30pm
July 20 matinée at 3pm
Paradise in The Vault (Venue 29), Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019
Preview August 2 at 9pm
August 3-10, 12-17 at 6.20pm
Writer: Nadia Cavelle
Play Director: Oliver Dawe
Trailer Directors: Nadia Cavelle & Oliver Dawe
Play Producer: Ben Weaver-Hincks
Trailer produced by Woven Voices
Director of Photography: Felix Schmilinsky
Sound Recordist & Designer: Rute Gomes
Editor: Janka Troeber
Colourist: Colin Foulkes
Special thanks to Alistair McGowan & Charlotte Page and Pixi Pixel
Three siblings, a box of full of cassette tapes and a dress. But which one will become Mother today? The perfect dysfunctional family is finally resurrected in a ritual that quickly spirals out of control.
A form-pushing new play by Nadia Cavelle, Subject Mater is a loosely autobiographical, daringly imaginative journey into the mother/child relationship and what it takes to break free.