» Jeffrey Solomon’s Mother/Son
Jeffrey Solomon’s award winning one-man show comes to Brighton
No one comes out alone. Mother/Son is Jeffrey Solomon’s semi-autobiographical oneman play inspired by his relationship with his mother, whose struggle towards understanding and accepting her gay son – from first terrified visit to a support group for parents of gay children to marching with him in a pride parade – forms the basis of this poignant and hilarious play.
The production was a critical hit in the States and in London’s Off- West End and features Solomon as both mother and son in a performance Gaydar Nation calls, “Amazing, riveting and moving!”
Mother/Son premiered at the HERE Arts Center in New York City, and has toured the U.S. at such venues as the Provincetown (MA) Meeting House Theater, the Penguin Rep in Stony Point NY, Theatre J. in Washington D.C., Princeton University, and Chicago’s Bailiwick Repertory, where his performance was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for Best Actor. Mr. Solomon has also performed the play in India, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
His one-man mock-umentary Santa Claus is Coming Out premiered at the Bailiwick Rep in Chicago before moving to New York’s Gene Frankel Playhouse, the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood, 6th at Penn in San Diego, the Warehouse in Washington, D.C., the Adrienne in Philadelphia, and Queens Theatre in the Park. His solo works received top honours at the 2002 Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theater Festival, winning the awards for Best of the Festival (Santa Claus) and Best Solo Performer, Best Playwriting and audience favourite for Mother/Son.
Mother/Son, 29 July–2 August, 8pm, Marlborough Theatre, 4 Princes Street, Brighton, as part of the Brighton and Hove Pride Celebration. Tickets £12 and can be reserved by phone at 01273 570028, by email at themarlborough@hotmail.co.uk or at the venue 12 midday to 12 midnight Monday to Thursday, midday till 1am Friday and Saturday and midday to 11pm on Sundays.
