Currently playing at Belvoir’s Downstairs Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company is thrilled to present the world premiere of Mum Club by proud Budawang and Yuin woman and playwright Jorjia Gillis.
A luminously funny script, Mum Club is a sharp takedown of modern parenting culture and a love letter to the messy, funny, glorious resilience of Blak motherhood. Sadie’s just moved to Sydney.
She’s a young Martu mum, completely fried from trying to settle a screaming baby in a rental the size of a change table. What she needs is a support network. Instead, she stumbles into the Inner West Mum Club.
- Rule One: Every mum is held with love and kindness, no matter who they are.
- Rule Two: Drink cow’s milk and you’re OUT.
There’s Corporate Mum (took a Zoom call an hour after crowning), Antivax Mum (burns sage at sleepovers) and Well Meaning Mum (acknowledges Country every time she enters a new postcode).
They’re all Sadie’s got by way of friends. But as the pressure to “do motherhood right” cranks up to eleven, Sadie starts to question what she’s willing to compromise in order to find community.
“Jorjia wrote Mum Club as part of her year-long residency in Griffin Studio, and from the moment we first heard it read out loud, everyone at Griffin fell in love. Like our 2023 production of Nakkiah Lui’s Blaque Showgirls, Mum Club is a big, bold, riotous work of Blak comedy, meeting serious subject matter with laughter and cutting satire,” said Griffin’s Artistic Director Declan Greene.
“I am beyond excited to finally give birth to and share Mum Club with an audience. So much of this story is drawn from my own experiences as a new mum, and writing it meant revisiting moments I’d never shared with anyone before. Watching it come to life on stage with such a dream creative team and cast feels like a homecoming,” said Playwright Jorjia Gillis.
Director: Ian Michael | Featuring: Alex Malone, Megan Wilding, Ruby Teys, Stephanie Somerville, Zarif | Dramaturg: Dylan Van Den Berg | Designer: Cris Baldwin | Lighting Designer: Verity Hampson | Composer & Sound Designer: Brendon Boney | Movement & Fight Director: Tim Dashwood | Associate Director: Abbie-Lee Lewis | Associate Sound Designer & Programmer: Daniel Herten | Stage Manager: Taylah Crouch
Mum Club
Downstairs Theatre, Belvoir St Theatre, 25 Belvoir Street, Surry Hills
Season continues to 20 September 2026
Information and Bookings: www.griffintheatre.com.au
Image: Stephanie Somerville stars in Mum Club – courtesy of Griffin Theatre Company