A Family Outing
– 20 Years On
Performed by Ursula Martinez and her Mum Mila | 2019
Twenty years after creating her first show A FAMILY OUTING, Martinez, now in her fifties, attempts to recreate that show, without her Dad, and with her Mum who can no longer remember her lines.
International touring was cut short from COVID and Milagros passed away in 2022.
Written by Ursula Martinez and Mark Whitelaw
Directed by Mark Whitelaw
Mark Whitelaw is a writer, director, and dramaturg. After graduating in Theatre from Crewe and Alsager College with a first class honors degree, he formed The Glee Club Performance Company with whom he created 14 national and international touring shows.
Mark has collaborated with numerous international theatre companies, dance companies and solo artists, including Peter Zegveld (Holland), The People Show (UK), Norddans (Sweden), Bedlam Dance Company, H2 Dance, Eggs Collective Shamshad Khan and David Hoyle. He was the director in residence with iconic London performance collective Duckie, with whom he directed several projects, including C’est Duckie, which won an Olivier Award and a Time Out award for Best Entertainment.
Mark Whitelaw has worked with Ursula Martinez for over 20 years. Their first collaboration was A Family Outing in 1998.
Mark was awarded the Arts Foundation Award Fellowship for Multi-Disciplinary Arts in 1995.
Mark is currently director in residence at University of Central Lancashire and also mentors undergraduate performance practice at Lancaster University.
This is beautiful, delicate work, a show that hides how craftily it is constructed and how deeply it is felt behind a bright and breezy veneer. I loved it.
Lyn Gardner (Stagedoor)
A moving tender mediation on the passage of time.
The Australian
…this piece is an opportunity to bond, spend time together, and share something significant and powerful.
A Younger Theatre
A Family Outing may be about one family but ultimately it is about every family, and for anyone who ponders questions about the passing of time and our place on the continuum.
The West Australian
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LYNN GARDNER – STAGE DOOR
A YOUNGER THEATRE