Love; Mum

Love; Mum is a funny and heartbreaking story about motherhood and the struggles we don’t often talk about.

Presented by: Sela Faletolu-Fasi

From: Ōtautahi | Christchurch

Sela Faletolu-Fasi created Love; Mum in 2023, from a goodbye letter she wrote to her six children. She knew they would never thank her for that letter, so she decided to write a play as a way of sharing her story, expressing hope and to let her children know they are the reason for everything. All five characters in Love; Mum are a representation of her and the struggles she has faced in life and as a Mum. Love; Mum is about five Pacific women who meet at ‘Mums Anonymous’ – a self-help group for new mums. They form a sisterhood that embarks on the journey of parenting together and the struggles we don’t often talk about. As their children get older, life gets more complicated and begins to test their relationship with each other and the people they love. For Joy, the struggle to show up for the sisterhood while trying to navigate her own life becomes unbearable. This is a funny and yet heartbreaking story about motherhood, about women, and ultimately about the power of love and forgiveness to overcome it all.