Shakespeare’s Globe welcomes revolutionary playwright Brecht to the stage for the very first time with a new production of his anti-war masterpiece, Mother Courage and Her Children.
War rages. Resources are scarce. Hope is a luxury. Mother Courage drags her cart through a wasteland stripped bare by greed and conflict – a profiteer, a survivor, and a mother. She’s learnt to make a living from war, and she’ll sell whatever’s left of humanity to keep herself and her children alive.
In the business of war, every victory costs her something – and eventually, everything.
Filled with live music, biting humour and raw determination, this modern staging of a classic protest piece, translated by Anna Jordan and directed by Globe Associate Artist Elle While, asks urgent questions about survival, capitalism and complicity.
Globe Artistic Director Michelle Terry leads as one of theatre’s mightiest and most complex female characters, in a darkly hedonistic production that will bring the yard vividly to life with fury, empathy and joy-as-rebellion.
Visceral, defiant and ferociously human.
Director Elle While says: “Directing Brecht’s masterpiece in a brilliant adaptation by Anna Jordan is totally exhilarating.
To add to that, this is a fantastically talented and huge-hearted cast, and I couldn’t be more excited to start rehearsals on this most pertinent play for our current times.”T
he cast will comprise Rawaed Asde as Swiss Cheese, Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge as Sargeant / Clerk / Man, Eiden River-Coleman as Child, Rachelle Diedericks as Kattrin, Sarita Gabony as Woman / Soldier, Keaton Guimarães-Tolley as Recruiter / Fur Coat / Soldier, Vinnie Heaven as Eilif, Nadine Higgin as Yvette, Sienna-Rae Kenna-Braithwaite as Child, Daniel Rainford as Ensemble / Cover, Ferdy Roberts as Minister, Max Runham as Narrator, Simon Scardifield as General / Bloody Nose / Yellow Sergeant, Nicolas Tennant as Chef, Michelle Terry as Mother Courage, and Ayla Wheatley as Ensemble / Cover.
Shakespeare’s Globe from 7th May – 27th June.
Booking and full details: https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/mother-courage-and-her-children/
