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My Mum's a Twat

By: Anoushka Warden
Narrated by: Susan Wokoma
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My mum wasn't always a twat. But sometime after I turned 10, everything changed. She stopped taking me shopping. She regularly forgot my birthday. And she thought she could heal people.

One girl’s funny and honest account of losing her mum to a cult.

Susan Wokoma performs in this teen-spirited and gangsta-rap-fuelled survival guide to growing up with an actual twat as a mum.

Written by Anoushka Warden, directed by Debbie Hannan and music by The Last Skeptik, this version was produced by Fight in the Dog and Showroom Productions for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019.

My Mum’s a Twat premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2018. It was produced by Royal Court and Amy Powell Yeates.

Photograph by Alisa Connan, Camera Press London.

©2019 Anoushka Warden (P)2020 Audible, Ltd Coming of Age Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Funny Witty Heartfelt

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About the Creator

Anoushka grew up in the West Country. She studied BA Theater Studies at Kingston University and undertook a Masters in Acting for Screen at Central School of Speech and Drama. Following her studies, Anoushka acted on stage and screen and wrote and acted with a comedy sketch group. Anoushka had her first play, My Mum’s a Twat, staged at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in January 2018. She later performed it in a new version at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe throughout August 2019. She was picked as one of twelve writers for the 2018 Channel 4 Screenwriting course where she wrote Devongirl. My Mum’s a Twat is optioned for TV by Lookout Point Productions. Anoushka is developing the series with them. Her second play My Dad’s a C**t is shortlisted for the Platform Presents Playwrighting Prize. She is currently an Associate Artist at The Bunker Theatre and co-creator of The Royal Court Theatre’s Playwright’s Podcast and The Lockdown Plays Podcast.

About the Performer

BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Susan Wokoma will soon start production on the second series of hit comedy The Year of the Rabbit, broadcasting next year. Before then, she will be seen on screens opposite Henry Cavill, Millie Bobbie-Brown, and Sam Claflin in Netflix film Enola Holmes and with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Truth Seekers. Susan recently starred as Sergeant Mabel Wisbech in series one of Channel 4 comedy series Year of the Rabbit and was also seen playing Sabrina in Dark Mon£y. She was also onstage as Bottom in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and she wrote and starred in the SKY Comedy short Love the Sinner.
Her theater performances include productions at the Royal Court, Bush Theatre, Almeida, and The Royal National Theatre. She also joined Phyllida Lloyd's all female Donmar Warehouse productions of Henry IV and Julius Caesar and appeared on stage in the political comedy Labour of Love. Susan trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) after the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. She made her film debut in the 2013 adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun and other notable credits include: The Inbetweeners 2, Crashing, Chewing Gum, and Crazyhead.

Excellent Narration • Witty Writing • Humorous Storytelling • Emotional Authenticity • Compelling Performance
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Remember Nick Hoult in the movie About a Boy, where he copes with being a teenager in London under his granola, hippie mum? Imagine if Hugh Grant’s character never came along and instead precocious Hoult was lost down a path to delinquency. Now imagine Hoult’s Mystikal rap-loving self as a profane twenty something woman unloading on her therapy group, raging for the whole hour about how her mum joined a cult when she was ten and she effectively lost her mum and her innocence. She tells her tale from age 10 to 20 with F bombs and words like c*nt and twat. You can sense her frustration and anger at her mum, but really more at the cult who preyed upon her. You also see the screwed up mess of a childhood left to her, including hard drugs, sex and crime before age 15. This is Sandra Bernhardt or Andrew Dice Clay raw, where the “humor” is visceral and cuts deep. This biographic cautionary tale of cults and parenting is worth a listen as an Audible freebie, if you can stand the sharp, biting edges. The narrator’s streetwise British accent was perfect, although I felt the acidic monologue played better at 1.3x speed.

If About a Boy was a mouthy girl in therapy group

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it was just perfect. sad but not melodramatic .. serious but light hearted . it's a short about a girl who lost her mom to a cult . Susan wokoma gave a great performance .

perfect in every way.

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Really, this is a pointless story. It’s neither relatable nor enjoyable. I’m truly embarrassed for the author.

Whiny and pointless

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Fantastic in every sense of the word. From the story, to the reading, to the accompanying music. Everyone should take the 1 hr and 7 mins to listen to this.

So Good!

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This book was witty and real. The performance made it interesting. I could see myself and my relationship with both my mom and daughter in some of the story. Different circumstances, similar feelings.

Witty and Real

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There wasn’t anything about it that I didn’t like. I will listen to it again.

I freaking loved this!

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It is really difficult to pull off this type of memoir without sounding maudlin, and self-pitying. the weird thing is she is full of self-pity, and anger, but you don't care because she is also full of spunk, and self-awareness, and understanding of her mother's vulnerability to the cult's influence. I just couldn't help rooting for for this young woman.

wow wow wow

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I'm sorry your mom is, was & continues to be a twat. I love the happy ending of you having a good life although I know there are some periods of sadness. I wish, as I'm sure you do, that she had PREVAILED and DEFEATED that fucking fuck brainwashing centre. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ULTIMATE. You are a great writer with an EXCELLENT narrator choice. She brought your life to life(LoL). Continue and good luck.

AWESOME!

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The narrator is great! The story is definitely worth listening to... especially if you needs something interesting and entertaining and have only about an hour to listen! 👍 Although the author (and narrator) are successful at making this story funny and entertaining, I can't help but feel a little angry towards the mother, and sad at the degeneration then ultimate loss of the mother-daughter relationship in the story.

Entertaining and great for a quick listen!

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We all remember the pre-teen and teenaged angst. Add to that a mom who joins a cult and you have this remarkable story that is performed amazingly! I could feel her pain, I could picture everything she described, and the use of language is so realistic. It is worth a listen.

Real angst...

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