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Sweet Mama by award-winning theatre artist Candy Bowers

Sweet Mama is set to examine the intergenerational effects of Type 2 diabetes via afro-futuristic storytelling live on stage.

The Drum Theatre is proud to present the Melbourne premier of Sweet Mama, by award-winning actor, playwright and director Candy Bowers. Born at Dandenong hospital to political refugees that fled Apartheid South Africa, Sweet Mama explores a subject that is close to her heart: Type 2 diabetes.

Bowers plays Sweet Mama an afro-futuristic warrior predestined to fight…