February
2004
Mother Courage and her Children |
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Courage and her Children |
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When
war rages all around her, Mother Courage strives to keep her family
alive.
This latest production from Eclipse Theatre, adapted from Bertolt
Brecht's classic, runs from 16th-20th March at the Rep. |
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This
new production set in Africa sees Mother Courage, played by Carmen
Munroe, striving to keep her business and children alive by selling
food and clothing to soldiers.
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the battlefield |
Told with
humour and song this remarkable and brutal story has Mother Courage
switching allegiance when it suits her, using bloody battlefields
as her marketplace and a wagon as her stall.
Her story is one of choices and remains a powerful reminder of human
resilience and loss in times of war.
An masterpiece of one woman's survival, Mother Courage and Her Children
is a story for our time and remains one of Bertolt Brecht's greatest
plays.
Mother
Courage has been adapted by Nigerian born playwright Oladipo Agboluaje
and was commissioned especially for Eclipse Theatre.
| Raising
the profile of Black regional theatre |
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Courage and her Children |
Eclipse
Theatre was founded in 2002 to raise the national profile of Black
middle-scale regional theatre in the UK.
It is responsible to a consortium of three major regional theatres
led by Nottingham Playhouse in association with Birmingham Repertory
Theatre and Ipswich New Wolsey Theatre.
Mother Courage is the second Eclipse production after the successful
'Moon on a Rainbow Shawl' produced last year.
Carmen
Munroe who plays Mother Courage is a familiar face on British television
and returns to the stage after a 12 year absence.
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Mother
Courage and Her Children is directed by Josette Bushell-Mingo, one
of the country's most exciting young directors.
As an actress Josette 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.
At The REP she played Juliet in Gwenda Hughes's acclaimed production
of Romeo and Juliet.
With such a strong cast and storyline, Mother Courage looks set
to be another success at the Rep.
Mother
Courage is part of the dB
Xpo 2004 arts and culture festival happening across the
West Midlands throughout February to April.
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