My Mother Said I Never Should

Four generations of women, four intertwined stories.

The collective lives of Rosie, Jackie, Margaret and Doris span the twentieth century, reflecting how women's opportunities and choices have changed radically over the decades.

Charlotte Keatley's modern classic remains the most frequently performed drama by a female playwright; with laughter and tears in equal measure, it fearlessly explores mother/daughter relationships in all their complexity with compassion, great humanity and deep emotion, as each of the characters struggles to negotiate what modern womanhood might mean for them.The Pendleton Codebreakers, our double-award winning Fringe company in its newest incarnation, returns to college for the first time since their triumph at the Buxton Festival Fringe in 2024, to kick off our Connected Festival week.'