Surrender, a new play at the Arcola Theatre Dalston, is the story of a mother in prison, meeting her estranged daughter for the first time in many years. Mother wants to put her side of the story across about how she came to be there – but is everything as it seems?Jen caught up with playwright Sophie Swithinbank, who wrote the play in collaboration with Phoebe Ladenburg, the actor playing Mother, to talk about a failing system, the emotional toil of mumming, and unreliable narrators.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices