Holy Mothers - Theatre Review

What: Holy Mothers (Dei Prasidentinnen) When: 20 February - 3 March 2019 Where: La Mama Courthouse Written by: Werner Schwab Directed by: Andre Bastian Composition and video by: Daniel Fenby Performed by: Alice Bishop, Helen Doig and Uschi Felix Designed by: Peter Mumford Lighting by: Stelios Karagiannis Stage Management by: Millie Levakis-Lucas Alice Bishopm, Uschi Felix, and Helen Doig Wow. I feel speechless and I feel confident most people will after seeing the production of Holy Mothers at la Mama Courthouse this week. Unfortunately that wow is not a good one... I have always wondered, given his magnificent wordplay and poetry, just how people have been able to translate Shakespeare into other languages. Having seen what Meredith Oakes has done with Schwab's writing I have come to realise for some writers, their work cannot be translated. Schwab's writing is mired in neologisms and linguistic deconstruction. To try and translate a deconstruction of the Ge