With war raging all around her, Mother Courage sells food and clothing to soldiers, switching allegiance when it suits her and striving to keep her business and children alive at all costs. Bloody battlefields are her marketplace, her wagon her stall.
Her remarkable and brutal story is told through humour and song, her story is one of choices and remains a powerful reminder of human resilience and loss in times of war. An epic masterpiece of one woman’s survival, Mother Courage and Her Children is a story for our time and remains one of Brecht’s greatest plays.
Set in contemporary Africa, this new adaptation has been commissioned especially for Eclipse Theatre and is directed by Josette Bushell-Mingo, one of the country’s most exciting young directors. As an actress she is probably best known for creating the role of Rafiki in the original London cast of The Lion King, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award.
A Nottingham Playhouse co-production with the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and Birmingham Repertory Theatre as part of the Eclipse Theatre initiative
Company
By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Oladipo Agboluaje
Directed by Josette Bushell-Mingo
Rosa Maggiora Designed by
Lighting Design by Philip Gladwell
Composer/Musical Director Akintayo Akinbode
Choreographer/Associate Director Paul J Medford
Reviews
Mother Courage and Her Children
“Sharp and pointed and studded with contemporary references”
The Stage
Mother Courage and Her Children
“Agboluje and Bushell – Mingo make Mother Courage fun”
The Guardian
Mother Courage and Her Children
“Full of topical jokes and raucous wit”
The Times
