Mermaids
By Ena Lamont Stewart, Directed by Abigail Harper, Produced by Rowan Kehrer, and Assistant Directed by Abigail Young
04/11/2025 19:00 - 04/11/2025 21:30
The StAge
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Set amidst the rising challenges of 1930s Glasgow, the Morrison family lives under the confines of unemployment, poverty, and domestic violence. “Men Should Weep” centres around the family’s matriarch, Maggie, as she struggles to raise her family while combatting their difficult circumstances. Set only in a small tenement flat, author Ena Lamont Stewart uses humour and Scots dialogue to explore not only what it was like to be a woman in the 1930s, but also a mother trying to take care of the ones she loves.
Content warnings:
Themes of poverty and inequality, use of strong language, depictions of domestic abuse, mentions of infidelity and alcohol abuse
Run time: 2 hours 30 minutes with a 10 minute interval