Mother of the Bride

An Australian comedy of manners, illuminating current Sydney suburban preoccupations. Lane Cove woman Frances Mainwaring takes us on a journey through the year that her younger daughter Angie prepares to be married. All Fran wants is to see her elder daughter Sophie more often, a wedding for Angie that doesn’t cost the earth, a renewed freshness to her own marriage, a lick of paint on the old house and time to make plans with Phillip for their empty-nest years. Is this too much to ask? We live Fran’s suburban life through her family politics, her money worries, her work hassles with the Boss From Hell, her hobbies, her changing marriage and of course, The Renovation. “Our house will not do for the wedding. Our lounge room? far too small. Our dining room? we don’t have one. A bar set up in our jungle? hopeless.” A light-hearted everywoman story, Mother of the Bride will make you laugh and make you cry, and ponder some of the big questions in life. You can renovate a house – but can you renovate a marriage?