A story of loss and survival that explores the traumatizing impact of the asylum system.

'...Like the albatross, we need a safe place we can be. But somewhere we're together, my Mama and my me...' High up in a Glasgow tower block, ten-year-old Star and her mother await the outcome of their claim for asylum. As Mama’s mind fragments under the pressure of their unknown future, Star constructs a poetic and fantastical world of her own. Some Other Mother is a story of loss and survival, which explores the traumatising impact of the asylum system, regardless of the outcome.

"The emotional impact is shattering and beautifully conveyed." - Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman

"Playwright A J Taudevin has created a politically engaged play with sparks of comedy in its fantasy backdrop." - Exeunt Magazine

"Some Other Mother stands out... in Taudevin's interest in the psychological wounds inflicted by the immigration system" - Guardian

"No tub-thumping piece of agit-prop. Rather, the piece could be said to embody that evergreen feminist rallying cry, "the personal is political"" - The Times