In this solo, Meral Polat philosophizes about artistry and motherhood. What does it mean to give life and to represent it? An intimate performance full of music, questions and power.
Meral Polat on artistry, motherhood and giving life
Director Nita Kersten and writer Sarah Sluimer created an iconic role for actress and singer Meral Polat with "And She Made a Child. In the four- and five-star-received solo, Polat philosophizes aloud about what being a mother means and the question: can it go together, being an artist and a mother? Because in the arts, death has been made into literature and dying has been endlessly depicted, but having a child hardly plays a role on stage. Giving life still belongs to the intimate domain, where mothers live and artists stay far away from. While having or not having and caring for children is an existential experience for many.
