Mum’s Choir

Paul Bourgeois, chief winemaker at Spy Valley Wines, enjoying an idyllic reading spot 15 September to 6 October, The Court Theatre,

ahead of the Marlborough Book Festival. Christchurch When members of an irrepressible family reunite following the death of their musically minded, toetapping mother, they discover they have fewer than three days to deliver the send- off she has requested. Mum has asked her children to perform Faure’s

Requiem at her funeral. As the O’Reilly siblings fight over the solos and the furniture, they revisit the good old songs of their shared childhood and recall what it means to be a family. Penned by Kiwi playwright Alison Quigan, Mum’s Choir is a cheering comedy about quintessential family life. courttheatre.org.nz