\u2018Talkin\u2019 Turkey\u2019 comedy comes to Surrey with trailblazing Mom\u2019s the Word Collective<\/p>\n
Published 7:30 pm Monday, October 5, 2026<\/p>\n
This holiday comedy is for moms and the people who support and laugh with them.<\/p>\n
A mid-October run of Talkin\u2019 Turkey in Surrey welcomes Mom\u2019s the Word Collective, five women at the heart of a theatrical movement launched in 1993.<\/p>\n
This fall they turn the \u201cseason of thanksgiving\u201d into the \u201cseason of forgiving\u201d at Surrey Arts Centre from Oct. 14-24.<\/p>\n
This Arts Club Theatre Company\u2019s touring production stars Jill Daum (as Jill), Erla Faye Forsyth (Standby), Alison Kelly (Alison), Barbara Pollard (Barbara), Colleen Winton (Robin) and Deborah Williams (Deb).<\/p>\n
Mom\u2019s the Word: Talkin\u2019 Turkey debuted on Granville Island in October 2022. Daum, Kelly, Pollard and Williams, along with Robin Nichol, created the hilarious holiday hit, advertised as \u201ca theatrical feast flavoured with big belly laughs, stuffed with dysfunction and topped with a soup\u00e7on of sarcasm\u2014all served on a platter of naked truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
The comedy Talkin\u2019 Turkey is warm, irreverent and relatable, and nothing is off-limits including family traditions, food obsessions, body image, aging parents, teenagers and daily heroics of keeping it all together.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the last 30 years,\u201d says Ashlie Corcoran, Arts Club artistic director, \u201cthe incredible, brilliant women from Mom\u2019s the Word Collective have hilariously, vulnerably and candidly shared with us what it means to rear small children, live with teenagers, and, finally, become empty-nesters.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, with their trademark wit, joy, and irreverence, the Moms offer up their truths about the holidays. We are so pleased to remount this production on tour, allowing new audiences to see this deeply funny, distinctly Canadian work.\u201d<\/p>\n