Updated On: 02 October, 2023 07:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Pooja Patel
A new stage production at a suburban venue aims to shatter the glorification of motherhood

Mayor and Wood in a moment from the play. Pics Courtesy/YFLO Delhi
A woman plays several roles in her life and each poses its own challenges, but being a mother is perhaps the most taxing of them all. The play, Mummy’s Dead, Long Live Mummy! tries to portray the struggles of motherhood in the most honest way possible, and with a pinch of comedy. After a successful premiere in Paris, the show is being presented in India by Lila Naatak Company, with Viviane Bossina, Melinda Mayor, Laura Wood and Koël Purie Rinchet in the cast.
Purie-Rinchet, who has written the script and is co-producing it, says that the idea was born out of the need to break the myth and glorification of motherhood. “Becoming a mother is a solitary and unique experience, and it can be one of the most nuanced and difficult chapters in your life story; no two mothers have the same story to tell,” she says.