

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Red Shoes Theatre: My Mother Said I Never Should
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 09:30 pm
- **Event Description**: My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlotte Keatley  

"A warm, poignant elegy about growing up, growing old and growing or not growing wise. It's about debts and responsibilities; the grim burden of puritan inheritance; and how it takes generations to learn about the value of real feeling." - London Sunday Times

Set in Manchester, Oldham and London, My Mother Said I Never Should is a poignant, bittersweet story about love, jealousy and the price of freedom.

The play details the lives of four women through the immense social changes of the 20th century. Using a kaleidoscopic time structure, Charlotte Keatley's story focuses on four generations of one family as they confront the most significant moments of their lives.

In 1940, Doris, a former teacher, encourages her nine-year-old daughter, Margaret, to mind her manners and practice the piano. In 1969, Margaret's relationship with her own daughter is strained, as art student Jackie experiments with her newfound sexual freedom. When Jackie becomes pregnant at 18 and has baby Rosie, a decision is made that will affect all their lives irrevocably.

Written in 1985 and first staged at the Contact Theatre, Manchester, Charlotte Keatley's award-winning play is the most commonly performed work by a female playwright worldwide.

Red Shoes Theatre is an independent amateur theatre troupe making throughout provoking theatre in Shetland. My Mother Said I Never Should is the debut production by the company and is directed by Stephenie Georgia featuring the talents of four local young actors, Martha Robertson as Doris, Lauryn Reid as Margaret, Isobel Pagulayan as Jackie and Nayana Stephen as Rosie.

This amateur production of "My Mother Said I Never Should" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

Supported by Shetland Arts.
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- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 26

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://tickets.shetlandarts.org/sales/categories/dramadance/red-shoes-theatre-my-mother-sa?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=lerwick-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Lerwick
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Mareel
- **lat**: 60.158368134803
- **long**: -1.1477673418425
- **full address**: Mareel, Gutter's Gaet,Lerwick, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Mareel (https://allevents.in/org/mareel/5618605)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mareel, Gutter's Gaet,Lerwick, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Mareel
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, music, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Red Shoes Theatre: My Mother Said I Never Should ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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