Description
'What would you do to save your son? Everything? Anything? Lie?'
It's Michael Thomas's birthday. A cake sits in his mother Evelyn's living room, its candles burning undisturbed.
On the fifteenth anniversary of Michael's fatal stabbing, Jackie wants to clear her conscience, whilst Evelyn's got a big speech to deliver. Are some things better left unsaid?
Mel Pennant's play seeds explores the human story behind a tragedy, through the eyes of those left behind: two mothers united in sorrow, and sharing the hardship of protecting their sons - one in life, and one in death.
seeds was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award, and first produced on a UK tour in 2020 by tiata fahodzi and Wrested Veil, in association with Leeds Playhouse, Soho Theatre and Tara Finney Productions.
About the Author
Mel Pennant is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Her other plays include No Rhyme, which won the Brockley Jack Write Now 4 Award.
Reviews
'seeds pushes at the limits of maternal love, asking how far a mother would go to protect her son'
* Guardian *Book Information
ISBN 9781848429451
Author Mel Pennant
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
