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The debut play from award winning comedian Anna Morris. A brutally honest and darkly funny monologue about the unspoken side of motherhood.
When a plane-rage video of Marnie swearing at her toddler goes viral, the whole world knows her dark secret: she dislikes her own child as much as she dislikes being a Mother.
Son of a Bitch takes a frank and darkly comic look at things that Mothers can’t and won’t say. Powerful and provocative, moving and reflective, this new bold piece of writing dares to explore the darker side of maternity.
“I sometimes hate my son.
You’re assuming, or hoping, I have post-natal depression, right?
I don’t.
I’m perfectly sane.
How do you feel about me now?”
Anna Morris is an award-winning comedian, writer and actress.
She recently starred as Sophie Wessex in Channel 4 comedy The Windsors: Coronation Special. She's also starred in Lee and Dean, Outnumbered, Count Arthur Strong, The First Team, Tell me Everything and Bad Bridesmaid, (which she also wrote).
For the stage, she’s written five one-woman character comedies which have received critical acclaim and had sell-out runs in the UK and Australia: Dolly Mixture, Would Like to Thank, It’s Got to be Perfect and most recently Bitchelors and Bombastic which both ran at the Soho Theatre.
Anna is partially deaf and has written about her experience in The Guardian. Her BBC Radio 4 comedy special Kid-Life Crisis aired last year and became a stand-up show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022.
Press & Reviews Praise for previous work:
“A marvellous comedy writer and extremely gifted comic actress” Willy Russell
"The most original actress/comedian since Victoria Wood" Daily Express
“Great comedy...beautifully crafted” The Independent
★★★★★ Funny Women (Best Show 2016, Funny Women Awards)
★★★★ “Finely crafted and precisely performed creations” The Stage
★★★★ “Well-constructed and skilfully performed characters...Morris is fearless” The Herald
Cast & Creative Team Writer and Performer: Anna Morris