Sophie Melville, Denise Black and Cat Simmons Will Direct MUM at Soho Theatre and Theatre Royal Plymouth
Sophie Melville, Denise Black and Cat Simmons Will Lead MUM at Soho Theatre and Theatre Royal Plymouth

Sophie Melville, Denise Black and Cat Simmons will show up in the planet premiere of MUM. This provocative and unflinching portrayal of early motherhood and mental well being, penned by Olivier award-profitable playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (Emilia, The World/ West End) and directed by Abigail Graham (quickly to also direct Aladdin at Lyric Hammersmith) will run at Theatre Royal Plymouth from 30 September – 16 October ahead of transferring to Soho Theatre from 20 October – 20 November where by it will have a push night on Tuesday 26 October.

Sophie Melville, whose credits incorporate Iphigenia in Splott (for which she gained The Stage Award for Acting Excellence, the Wales Theatre Award for Ideal Woman Functionality and was nominated for an Evening Typical Award and a Drama Desk Award), Herding Cats (Soho Theatre), Pops (Roxy Theatre – for which she received The Stage Award for Remarkable Efficiency), the forthcoming Masks and Faces (Finborough Theatre) and on tv Simply call the Midwife, The Pact and The Missing (all BBC) will perform Nina. Denise Black, extensively recognized for her foremost Tv set roles in displays these kinds of as Coronation Road, Emmerdale (ITV) and Queer as Folk (Channel 4) as well as several acclaimed theatre performances like The Cherry Orchard (Sherman Theatre – for which she received the British isles Theatre Award for very best effectiveness in a participate in) and Deep Blue Sea (Chichester Competition Theatre) will participate in Pearl. The forged is done by Cat Simmons, who most not long